Nigeria, March 5 -- It was the end of an era Tuesday when Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailing Wailers passed away, aged 73.

Bunny Wailer (original name Neville O'Rilley Livingston) completed the trio that formed the reggae music group, Bob Marley and the Wailing Wailers, alongside Marley and Peter Tosh in the 1960s.

They recorded hit albums like Simmer Down, Stir it Up, and many others, before Bunny went solo around 1973. His reason was simple. He didn't like extensive touring that the band did, saying it clashed with his Rastafarian beliefs, citing the pressure to eat processed foods and play in "freak clubs."

He added: "Music is based on inspiration and if you're in an environment where you are up and down, here and there,...