Chris Willman Music WriterJohnny Nash, the pop and reggae singer whose “I Can See Clearly Now” topped the charts in the U.S.
and UK in 1972, died Tuesday. He was 80.His son confirmed the death to CBS Los Angeles and said his father died of natural causes, at home, with no specific cause of death given.Although he might be thought of as a one-hit wonder by many, Nash’s website refers to “I Can See Clearly Now” as the singer’s “comeback hit,” since he had been recording, and occasionally charting, since the late 1950s.Born in Houston, Texas, John Lester Nash, Jr.
happened upon the style that would provide his greatest success when he traveled to Jamaica in 1968, where he met Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer.
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