Carlton Barrett: The Wailers' Drummer Killed in 1987 and the Case That Followed
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On April 17, 1987, Carlton Barrett, the drummer of Bob Marley and the Wailers, was shot dead outside his home in Kingston. He was 36. His wife Albertine, her partner, a taxi driver named Glenroy Carter, and another man were arrested. This episode tells what the record shows: the shooting, who was charged, the outcome as reported, and the limits of what I could confirm from the sources available. Sources: reference histories of Carlton Barrett, music archives and the Wailers' own history pages, and the Jamaica Observer. Court outcomes are given as reported by those sources, and I did not read the trial record.
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