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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...

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...

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...

Anthony Manders, who died yesterday, was remembered by government colleagues as a skilled Financial Secretary in difficult times. His work included helping the Cabinet to steady an economy devastated by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Manders, an ou...

A firebrand school principal in the United States whose tough love approach to pupils inspired the film Lean on Me has died. Joe Louis Clark was 83. Mr Clark’s link to Bermuda came through daughter Hazel Clark, a former Olympian and director of sport...

A martial arts master, champion bodybuilder and proponent of Zen Buddhism has died. Burnell Williams, who also went by the name Burnell Muhammad, was 86. Mr Williams, a former Mr Bermuda bodybuilder, was the founder of the Jujitsu Club of Bermuda in...

A doctor and teacher who was the first black medical director at the island’s hospital has died. Ronald Lightbourne was 84. The father of three, who finished medical school at Loma Linda University in California in 1964, worked at Watts Health Centre...

A leading businessman and hotelier who helped to steer the 2017 America’s Cup success has died. Philip Akeroyd, the owner of the Inverurie Executive Suites hotel on Harbour Road in Paget, was 70. Mr Akeroyd served as deputy chairman of the West End ...

A pioneer traffic police officer from the first days of radar speed traps on the roads has died. Former Sergeant Thomas “Mike” Kelly, who died last month, aged 87, earned the nickname “Yorkie” along with two members of his team, all of whom originall...