Family and close friends of the late Gregory Isaacs will gather at the "Cooler Ruler’s" place on rest to acknowledge his 61^st birthday on Friday July 15.

The ceremony will take the form of a one hour chanting and drumming session at the grave site. Gregory’s widow, June Isaacs talks with music news about the activities planned to mark the occasion.

Friday July 15, will also mark the official launch of The Gregory Isaacs Foundation, which will seek to continue working with those charities that Gregory worked with in his lifetime.

Gregory Isaacs who was ailing for some time, died on October 25 last year at his home in England of lung cancer.