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"Tributes pour in for Agape House pioneer Hilary Soares"

Tributes were paid yesterday to a nurse who helped create hospice care for terminally ill patients in Bermuda. Hilary Soares, the first clinical coordinator of Agape House Hospice, died on Friday aged 70 of the autoimmune disease ALS (amyotrophic lat...
Aug 23, 2011
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"Pioneering hospice founder Hilary Soares dies age 70"

Agape House founder Hilary Soares has died at the age of 70, after spending the past few weeks at the hospice she set up to allow others to live their last days with dignity. Mother-of-four Mrs Soares, a British nurse who moved to Bermuda in 1963, wa...
Aug 22, 2011
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"Vigil for ‘Yankee’ Rawlins"

Friends and family of shooting victim Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins gathered last night for a vigil to mark the first anniversary of his death. His mother Sharon Coy-Rawlins called for community peace as others lit candles on Court Street, outside the Spi...
Aug 10, 2011
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"UK Coroner rules on Bermudian’s death in South London"

A UK inquest into the death of Bermudian Dennis Lambert has concluded the 32-year-old died as a result of a drug overdose. Mr Lambert was discovered in an unresponsive state at his flat in Thornton Heath in South London, on January 6. Cause of death ...
Aug 03, 2011
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"Touching tributes to ‘gentle giant’ who died suddenly"

Tributes were paid last night to a much-loved “gentle giant” who died suddenly at the age of 24, despite his family’s desperate attempts to save his life. Father-of-one Aaron Christopher Callabras Edness began having difficulty breathing just yards ...
Aug 01, 2011
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"Police name sudden death victim"

Police have named David Jevon Saunders as the 33-year-old who died suddenly yesterday. The Sandys resident was found “in an unresponsive state” in his home at 11.10am. Foul play is not suspected. Said a Police spokesman: “Around 11.10am on Wednesday,...
Jul 14, 2011
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"Critically-injured diver dies"

A father-of-four who was critically injured after diving off a cliff at Admiralty House Park has died. Police confirmed the death of Bilal Furqan this evening. The 41-year-old was jumping off the rocks into the water at Admiralty House Park around 5....
Jul 06, 2011
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"Tourist dies in golf cart accident"

A 73-year-old tourist died after she fell from a golf cart at Rosewood Tucker's Point Club. Jean Stanley, of Virginia, was pronounced dead at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday. A police statement said: "It appears that Jean Stanley, of Virg...
May 09, 2011
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"Bandmaster Gibbons laid to rest"

A funeral with full military honours was held yesterday for former Bermuda Regiment music director, Captain Horace Gibbons. Capt Gibbons died at age 91. He was aged 15 when he joined the Bermuda Militia Artillery (BMA) band in 1935. In 1958 when the ...
Apr 17, 2011

"Hundreds turn out for funeral of Leon Wilson"

Leon Erskine Wilson was the scion of a family of Wilsons, all builders, construction workers with such impressive nicknames as ‘Concrete Wilson” and ‘Star’ Wilson. They were all community minded, extrovert and genial. The elder Wilson brothers settle...
Feb 26, 2011
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"Teenager found dead in Warwick home "

The lifeless body of an 18-year-old was found at a Warwick residence this morning. According to police, the teenager was found at a residence on Rockland's Crescent around 11.13am. A Police spokesman said: “No further information will be give until t...
Jan 08, 2011
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