Dickie Jobson

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Richard "Dickie" Jobson (born November 14, 1941 in Kingston , Jamaica , † December 25, 2008 in Mona , Jamaica) was a Jamaican filmmaker and artist agent .

Life

Dickie Jobson is the descendant of the Englishman Richard Jobson, who emigrated to Jamaica in the mid-18th century and started a family with a former slave from the north of the island.

Dickie Jobson attended Jamaica College in Kingston. He was unmarried.

Jobson and reggae co-founder Bob Marley grew up in Saint Ann Parish , Jamaica. The Jobson family were friends with the Marley family. Jobson's sister Diane was Bob Marley's lawyer until his death in 1981.

As a result of Jamaica's declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1962, the demand for real estate grew. Jobson therefore started his career as a real estate agent .

Jobson later became the right hand man of his friend Chris Blackwell , founder of Island Records , the Jamaican record label for rock and reggae music , to which Bob Marley & the Wailers were among others under contract.

From 1973 to 1974, when the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers broke through to global fame, Jobson was the manager of what is probably the most successful reggae band to date. Jobson was also rumored to be the one who advised Chris Blackwell to sign Bob Marley with Island Records in 1972. Jobson was temporarily the manager of the reggae singer Jimmy Cliff .

However, Jobson was best known for the 1982 Jamaican film Countryman - Verschollen im Dschungel , which he directed and wrote the screenplay with Michael Thomas, reporter for the music magazine Rolling Stone .

At the age of 67, Jobson died on the morning of December 25, 2008 as a result of a stroke at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. He leaves a daughter.

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SURNAME Jobson, Dickie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jobson, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican filmmaker and artist agent
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2008
Place of death Mona , Jamaica