Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who made up half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm duo Sly & Robbie and worked with artists including Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, has died. Dunbar’s wife Thelma announced the musician’s passing at his home in Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday to the Jamaica Gleaner. I knew he was sick … but I didn’t know that he was this sick.”Born Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar in Kingston on May 10, 1952, Dunbar got his start at age 15 in a band called the Yardbrooms. CIRCA 2000: Photo of SLY & ROBBIE and Sly DUNBAR; Drummer Lowell “Sly” Dunbar performing on stage (Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns)Dunbar also played with the Revolutionaries, the house band for Jamaica’s Channel One studio, and can be heard on Marley’s “Punky Reggae Party” as well as Junior Murvin’s “Police and Thieves,” and Maxi Priest’s “Easy to Love,” among others. Dunbar was nominated for a Grammy Award 13 times, winning twice when Black Uhuru’s “Anthem” won Best Reggae Recording in 1985 and when Sly & Robbie’s Friends won Best Reggae Album in 1999.