A Brief One from Doug Draper at Niagara At Large
Posted November 30th, 2025
Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff
He was one of the world’s leading champions of reggae music.
Jimmy Cliff, whose musical career on the global stage stretches back to the 1960s, and who blessed our lives with such songs as Beautiful People, Wonderful World and You Can Get It If You Really Want It, floated away from this earth this November 24th at age 81.
When I heard the news of this wonderful Jamaican singer/songwriter’s death, the first song that came to mind was ‘Many Rivers to Cross’ which in these difficult times, still resonates as much now as it did when he wrote it more than five decades ago.
You can hear and watch Jimmy Cliff singing it all those years ago by clicking on the screen immediately below –
RIP, Jimmy Cliff.
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Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
While we are here, let me leave you with a great version of the same song by one of my all-time favourite singers, Linda Ronstadt, who has more than her fair share of health problems in recent times. Here is wishing you well Linda, from a life-long fan –
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