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| Augustus Pablo |
Horace Swaby (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999), known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica (an instrument at that time primarily used to teach children music in the Jamaican public schools) in reggae music. He was a committed Rastafarian. Augustus Pablo died as a result of a collapsed lung on 18 May 1999 He had been suffering for some time from the nerve disorder Myasthenia Gravis.
