Never one for the spotlight, Sheila Lee was pivotal to her husband Byron Lee’s remarkable success. Her daughter, Julianne, said her role in the development of Jamaican music is understated.

Sheila Lee died on June 6 at age 83 in South Florida.

“She was a strong woman who helped build the (music) industry and helped formalise copyright and intellectual property when she brought down Paul Marshall from New York to teach artistes at Dynamic (Sounds),” Julianne told Observer Online. “While Byron was able to tour 45 weeks out of the year, she was the anchor and the point of contact.”