Nash, who had been in declining health, rose from pop crooner to reggae star and topped the charts in 1972 with his positive-vibes anthem
Johnny Nash, a singer-songwriter and performer of the million-selling anthem I Can See Clearly Now, has died at the age of 80.
Nash, who had been in declining health, died of natural causes at home in Houston, the city of his birth, said his son, Johnny Nash Jr.
