UK judge dismisses Bob Marley bass player lawsuit

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) A UK judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by Bob Marley's bass guitarist Aston ''Family Man'' Barrett, who was seeking 60 million pounds in unpaid royalties from Island Records and the Marley family.

Barrett, who has 52 children, had testified in London's High Court that he and his brother Carlton Barrett, a drummer for the famous reggae band who was murdered in 1985, did not receive much money following Marley's death from cancer in 1981.

They played on numerous albums by Bob Marley and the Wailers, including ''Natty Dread'', ''Rastaman Vibration'' and ''Babylon by Bus''.

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