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Yusuf<\/a>\/Cat Stevens<\/a> has paid tribute to Jimmy Cliff, calling the reggae<\/a> pioneer a \u201cpowerful presence in my life\u201d after the iconic Jamaican singer\u2019s family announced his death <\/a>aged 81.<\/p>\n \u201cHe always seemed to be there at crucial stages on my journey,\u201d Stevens wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. \u201cWe had success together in the early days with \u2018Wild World,\u2019 we bumped into each other by strange and wonderful coincidence on pilgrimage in Mecca, and we also connected at the Mandela 46664 concert that marked my return to mainstream music.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGOD BLESS HIM,\u201d Stevens added, sharing an old personal photo of the pair. \u201cHis songs always had some message of peace \u2014\u00a0may he find it now and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the two men weren\u2019t frequent collaborators, Cliff\u2019s cover of Steven\u2019s 1970 \u201cWild World\u201d was one of his early international hits, securing a Top 10 singles spot in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n Two years later, Stevens produced Cliff\u2019s song \u201cTrapped\u201d for his compilation album, Goodbye Yesterday. The song went mainstream in the 1980s thanks to Bruce Springsteen, who began covering it during his live sets, transforming it into a rock tune.<\/p>\n Cliff\u2019s wife Latifa announced his death on Instagram on Monday, writing that he had suffered a \u201cseizure followed by pneumonia.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him,\u201d she wrote in a post signed by his two children, Lilty and Aken. \u201cTo all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career. He really appreciated each and every fan for their love. Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes \u2026 See you and we see you Legend.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yusuf\/Cat Stevens has paid tribute to Jimmy Cliff, calling the reggae pioneer a \u201cpowerful presence in my life\u201d after the iconic Jamaican singer\u2019s family announced his death aged 81. \u201cHe always seemed to be there at crucial stages on my journey,\u201d Stevens wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. \u201cWe had success together in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2175475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[53779,387988],"class_list":["post-2175474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-instagram-post","tag-jimmy-cliff"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u2018A-Powerful-Presence-in-My-Life.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175476,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175474\/revisions\/2175476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2175475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}