Bob Marley's first record label boss and music publisher Danny Sims has died aged 75 in Los Angeles of colon and intestinal problems.

Sims is seen as the first non-Jamaican to recognise the worldwide potential of the reggae legend and signed him to a record deal ahead of Chris Blackwell then securing him for Island Records.

The Mississippi-born, Chicago-raised executive started his music business career with the launch of Sapphire, Manhattan's first black club, while he formed a promotions company ...