Mento performer Joseph ‘Powda’ Bennett dies at 76

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican folk musician Joseph Bennett, who played a rollicking genre of traditional dance music with the long-running Jolly Boys, has died in his Caribbean homeland. He was 76.

Music promoter Jon Baker said Thursday that the musician and singer nicknamed “Powda” died of respiratory problems Wednesday at a Kingston hospital.

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