Tony Bullimore nació el 15 de enero de 1939 en Essex, Inglaterra. Estuvo casado con Lalel Jackson. Murió el 31 de julio de 2018 en Gloucestershire, Inglaterra.
After marrying a West Indian immigrant in 1965, he and his wife opened an Afro-Caribbean club, The Bamboo Club, in Bristol; Bob Marley was one of the musicians who performed there. He also became a race relations advocate.