By CLAUDE MILLS Observer Writer—
Tinga Stewart and wife Andrea also known as Princess Jahmela are all smiles in theirall-black everything ‘get-ups’.
Andrea Stewart, the wife of reggae singer Tinga Stewart, died on Thursday morning at the University Hospital of the West Indies from complications stemming from a clot in her lungs.
Stewart, who is asthmatic, began to experience breathing problems last week and was hospitalized.
Frankie Campbell, Fab 5’s bass player and chairman of the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artists and Affiliates (JAVAA), told OBSERVER ONLINE that the singer’s 42-year-old wife was a “tower of strength for Tinga” since he became ill three years ago.
“The doctors said she had a clot in her lungs, but we don’t know exactly what happened, but that will have to wait until the autopsy. She died at about 2:30 on Thursday morning at UHWI,” he said.
Tinga Stewart, a two-time Festival Song Contest winner, turned 71 last year on July 3. The veteran singer has battled depression for the past two years.
The couple had been married for over ten years.
“He is not taking it well. she was a beautiful person and she did everything for him,” Campbell said.
The older of two brothers, (the other being Roman) who won the Festival Song Contest, Tinga Stewart first won the event in 1974 with Play de Music. Seven years later, he won with Nuh Weh Nuh Better Than Yard.
He wrote Hooray Festival for Roman, which won the 1975 contest.
Tinga Stewart’s hit songs also include Cover Me and Take Time to Know with Ninjaman, and Inside my Heart.
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