He prophesized that one day the movement would go global and have a profound impact on tens of thousands, He was right. In the years since that memorable day in the studio with Marley, and his untimely passing eight years later at age 36 in May 1981, the movement has soared and so did his stature as its musical and spiritual symbol. If I had a dime for every person who has asked me about that day in the studio with Marley, what he was like and what it felt like to interview him, I would be a wealthy man.