Exodus (Bob Marley & the Wailers album) song became a No. 1 hit in Jamaica as well as the United Kingdom and Germany. On 3 December 1976, an attempt was made on Marley’s life. It was this attempt that drove him out of Jamaica. In addition to Marley's assassination attempt, "his wife Rita — one of the I Threes, whose singing on "Exodus" is first-rate" was also shot and survived. "Exodus" is a reggae album which features a "laid-back" production, that contains a "stoned atmosphere that's simultaneously funky and political" according to Cam, an Emeritus from Sputnikmusic. Cam described the album's musical style as being "different," noting
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt confession. The Pope was also in touch with Ağca's family over the years, meeting his mother in 1987 and his brother, Muezzin Agca, a decade later. Although Ağca was quoted as saying that "to me [the Pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism", and attempted to murder him, Ağca developed a friendship with the pontiff. In early February 2005, during the Pope's illness, Ağca sent a letter to the Pope wishing him well. Several theories exist concerning Ağca's assassination attempt. One, strongly advocated since the early 1980s by Michael Ledeen among others, is that the assassination attempt had