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A terminally ill woman who brought comfort to others with cancer has died after a long illness.
Kevina Santucci, a mother of one, was 34.
Ms Santucci found out in 2014 at age 28 that she had spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer.
The community...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A history teacher and author of a groundbreaking book that helped lift the lid on slavery in Bermuda has died.
James E Smith was 82.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs said Mr Smith wrote “extensively about slavery and the fight for Bla...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
An “ardent advocate” for Bermuda who ran the island’s tourism office in London for decades has died.
Sheelagh Greene was 93.
Ms Greene was the daughter of a judge, Maurice Greene, who served in what was then Britain’s Colonial Service.
His job took t...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
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...
DATE: Feb 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
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...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Another hotelier from the old Sonesta Beach resort has died just ten days after former manager David Boyd.
Charles Popper, who preceded Mr Boyd in the job, was 85.
Mr Popper, originally from the US, devoted much of his career to the Sonesta hotel ch...
DATE: Jan 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A Bermudian social worker and professor who forged strong links between Bermuda College and West Virginia University has died.
Doris Nicholas was 73.
Dr Nicholas, a strong supporter of Black students at WVU, spent 20 years as a faculty member in the ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A former director of pathology at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has died.
Keith Cunningham, the hospital’s first Black staff doctor when he joined in 1970, was 86.
Dr Cunningham dedicated his career to the development pathology in Bermuda.
He al...
DATE: Jan 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A Black nurse who cared for civil rights activist, parliamentarian and doctor EF Gordon on his deathbed has died.
Moira Cann, 90, shielded Dr Gordon from the racist treatment she endured at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital during segregation unt...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A former teacher of roads death victim Oronde Wilson Jr said yesterday he was a promising student with a gift for science.
Mr Wilson, 28, died on Monday after his motorcycle crashed on Middle Road in Southampton.
It marked the first road death of 202...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer