Reggae Singer Gramps Morgan has shed light on the sudden passing of his brother, Peetah Morgan — the lead singer of Morgan Heritage, who died two months ago.
According to Gramps Morgan, Peetah Morgan died from an extremely rare medical condition that doctors described as “one in a million.”
“There doesn’t need to be any speculations,” Gramps said in a recent interview with Onstage’s Winford Williams at the Love and Harmony Cruise 2024.
“I mean as the family described it and the doctor described it, he had a condition that was one in a million and if it was one in a million that’s what catch Peetah but the greatest thing is to know that he didn’t suffer. He wasn’t in no pain and it was no cancer nor any crazy fatal disease but like I say to people I reserve that right to his wife and his children. You know it was an ailment that nobody expected.”
It was the first time that any member of the Morga Heritage family had commented on the singer’s death since they announced his passing on February 25.
Gramps Morgan said Peetah’s illness was both rapid and unexpected, saying that it took his life within a little over a month of its onset.
“We was in Jamaica in January and in less than 30, 45 days, my brother had a transition so we kinda leave that ,that part is privacy for the family. People are going to speculate because of the nature of how it happened so fast and it wasn’t a situation that was prolonged,” he said.
In addition to dealing with the loss of Peetah as their brother, Gramps said the group has also had to grapple with losing their lead singer.
“It’s a hard time for the music. Peetah was truly before he passed I always say this, one of the greatest of all time. Just some of the things that he was able to do vocally within reggae music and just music period and you think of the times of us harmonizing together and looking to my right from my keyboard and knowing that will no longer happen again,” he added.
Gramps admitted that he thought about retirement after losing his brother, who was his closest confidant. But he said that the family is slowly “pulling it together.”
