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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Asrat Sellassie, Wild Hare co-owner and musician who recorded Grammy-winning albums with Ziggy Marley, dies at 68

Asrat Aemro Sellassie at the Wild Hare in Chicago in 2012. He and bandmates opened the Wild Hare across from Wrigley Field in 1986. (Sun-Times files)

Asrat Aemro Sellassie rarely called attention to himself at the Wild Hare reggae club, and first-time visitors to the Chicago music venue could be forgiven for thinking he was just another patron.

That was the case for Syovata Edari, who used to sneak into the Wild Hare & Singing Armadillo Frog Sanctuary in the mid-’90s with her friends. She said she first noticed Mr. Sellassie hanging back, away from the crowd, in a VIP section.

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