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Gregory Seymour, a singer who led the popular rhythm and blues group Burning Ice, was one of its few surviving members.
The band, which hit its heyday in the 1970s, also enjoyed popularity overseas.
Music historian Dale Butler’s book Music on the Roc...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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A former photographer for the Bermuda News Bureau who left the island for a career in TV commercials and photography in Hollywood was an ambassador for the island, his family have said.
Leonard Mocklow may have lived in the US but proudly sported the...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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A champion for preventive medicine led the fight against diabetes in Bermuda – one of the island’s most rampant chronic diseases.
Femi Bada was also a former chairman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association.
Dr Bada advocated the use of alternative techn...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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A veteran of the elite Royal Marine Commandos was also a prominent businessman at a well-known china, crystal and antiques shop.
Major Peter Darling, who served nearly 30 years in the Marines, ran Bluck’s on Front Street with his brother, Lieutenant-...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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A former general manager of the Bermuda Telephone Company helped to rewire the island’s phone system after he arrived in 1963.
Daniel Mannus, who headed BTC from 1986 until 1991, was also a longstanding member of Hamilton Rotary Club and was presiden...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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A civil rights champion and teacher was remembered yesterday for carrying on a family legacy of fighting for social justice as a leading member of the Progressive Group.
Marva Phillips taught at primary schools and at what is now Sandys Secondary Mi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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The first Bermudian and first woman principal of the Whitney Institute Middle School was remembered by colleagues as a leader in education during the public school reforms of the 1990s.
Gail-Anne Graham also chaired the Committee for Middle School Pr...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021
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An expert woodworker whose work ranged from antique furniture restoration to prized artworks was remembered by friends as “a master”.
Frederick Phillips’ creations can be found in historic buildings across the island, including Camden in Paget, the o...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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A cab driver who led the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association was also a keen veteran of the annual Marathon Derby as well as a race organiser.
Lee Tucker, who started running in 1944 and went on to train and manage competitive runners, was a member of...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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A “fearless, no-nonsense” emergency room nurse also played a lead role in getting hundreds of patients overseas for treatment through her Bermuda Air Medivac service.
BAM, which Eloise Bell ran with her business partner Sheldon Smith, was credited wi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2021
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