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Sally Gibbons 1940-2021 An artist and teacher whose love of flowers beautified Holy Trinity Church in Hamilton Parish has died at 80. Sally Gibbons, widow of the former government minister Leonard Gibbons, was also head of the secondary departme...

A former Commanding Officer of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, Government spokesman and journalist including editor of the Mid-Ocean News, has died at 79. Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin Shorto was recalled for a level headed demeanour that prevailed during cha...

A chef, West End restaurant owner and pillar of the Somerset community has died at 58. Donald Hassell, proprietor of the Somerset Country Squire at Mangrove Bay, was a “brilliant, kind, generous and friendly man who exemplified everything that hospit...

A champion of the Girl Guides who was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her services to young people on the island has died. Joan Wilkie was 99. Bruce Wilkie, her son, said Ms Wilkie was “a vigorous, concerned and dedicated woman to Bermud...

A Government Quarry worker who became its first woman truck driver has died. Malaika Butler-Douglas was 50. Ms Douglas was also a taxi, bus and minibus driver as well as a soldier in the Bermuda Regiment who stayed three years longer than required an...

A champion for Bermuda’s bus drivers and women in the labour movement has died. Kathy Landy was 66. Ms Landy, who headed the Bermuda Industrial Union’s bus operators and allied workers division, was also remembered by BIU colleagues as a supporter of...

The “Calypso King” whose fame as an entertainer helped turn the island’s tourism industry into a powerhouse has died. Stan “Lord Necktie” Seymour was 92. Mr Seymour performed alongside top names in Bermuda music such as Hubert Smith and the Coral Isl...