Estate demands removal of beer ad

In Kingston, Jamaica, lawyers for the Bob Marley estate have given a
Panamanian brewing company until the end of this month to remove a mural
with the reggae legend's image endorsing a local beer. The foundation, run
by members of Marley's family, may sue Cerveceria Nacional, which affixed
its logo atop a restaurant mural of Marley depicted in concert offending
relatives of the star, who was a teetotaler.

"We have issued a ceaseanddesist letter demainding that they remove the
billboard," Michael Hylton, an attorney for the estate, said Saturday. "If
not, we will be getting lawyers on the matter." Alcohol consumption goes
against the beliefs of Rastafarians, the religious group of which Marley
was a wellknown member. Marley died of cancer at age 36 in 1981.

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