Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly Now singer dies aged 80

American reggae and pop singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for the 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now, has died aged 80.

Nash, whose health had been in decline, died at his home of natural causes.

The musician began singing as a child and made his major-label debut with the 1957 song A Teenager Sings the Blues.

He was one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.

His single I Can See Clearly Now sold more than a million copies and reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972, where it remained for four weeks.

[Source: BBC]