Pioneering reggae artist U-Roy - credited with creating the vocal style known as toasting - has died at the age of 78.
Born Ewart Beckford, he had been undergoing surgery at a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica's capital city.
It has been reported that he died late on Wednesday.
U-Roy's partner, Marcia Smikle, told local news website The Gleaner that he had been receiving treatment for diabetes and high blood pressure, and also suffered with kidney problems.
She said he had been in and out of hospital and most recently had undergone an operation to address an issue of internal bleeding.
"It was successful, and the bleeding stopped," she said, but the doctors had to take him back into the operating theatre at the University Hospital of the West Indies on Wednesday and he later died.
Following news of U-Roy's death, tributes began to pour in, with Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy describing him in an Instagram post as a "hero" and a "true legend" who was "a master at his craft".
