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The Reverend Malcolm Eve 1934-2021
A former presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bermuda and pastor of Bethel AME Church in Shelly Bay has died.
The Reverend Malcolm Eve was 86.
Mr Eve was a champion of traditional values...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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Obituaries
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Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Wil Weber: 1941-2021
An engineer whose innovations transformed the island’s soft drinks industry has died.
Wil Weber was 78.
Mr Weber, who was born in Chicago, had a 55-year career in a family industry – his great-grandfather, Phillip Weber, mov...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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Obituaries
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Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A pastor, women’s advocate and former United Bermuda Party Cabinet minister and senator has died at 75.
Yvette Swan, who worked as an optometrist at the Bermuda Optical Company, was a champion for the disadvantaged, according to Cole Simons, the Lead...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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Obituaries
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Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Clarence “Tootsie” Bean 1930-2021
A top Bermudian jazz drummer, an international performer who was integral to the island’s music heydays, has died at 90.
Clarence “Tootsie” Bean was revered among Bermuda’s musicians, many of whom he mentored.
H...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
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...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
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...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A dogged independent electoral candidate, singer and activist hailed as a “soldier for the common man” has died at 75.
David W. Burch was honoured in 2015 by Atlantic Publishing House run by former minister Dale Butler, who called him “a strong-wille...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A lifelong farmer from the West End who carried on a proud family tradition of living off the land has died at 85.
Richard Bascome was a dairy farmer who tended Westover Farm in Sandys.
He recalled delivering milk as a child with his father, also Ric...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A founding member and former president of the Bermuda Zoological Society who steered the finances of the Aquarium has died at 92.
An avid golfer, Eric Clee also served as president of Hamilton Rotary Club in the 1990s, as well as the Probus Club, whi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
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...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer