Johnny Nash, 'I Can See Clearly Now' singer, dead at 80


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Johnny Nash, the pop and reggae singer whose 'I Can See Clearly Now' topped the charts in 1972, died Tuesday. He was 80.

Johnny Nash, the pop and reggae singer whose I Can See Clearly Now topped the charts in the United States and Britain in 1972, died Tuesday. He was 80.

His son confirmed the death to CBS Los Angeles and said his father died of natural causes, at home, with no specific cause of death given.

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