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A decorated police superintendent who seized the initiative during a march by workers through Hamilton during the General Strike of 1981 was praised for his calm in a crisis. Campbell Simons, who has died aged 78, was also an “outstanding” sportsman ...

A mother who channelled her grief into activism after losing her son to gun violence has died at 70. Marilyn Outerbridge’s 34-year-old son Haile was murdered in a neighbourhood shop alongside his friend Ricco Furbert, 25, in a January 2013 double sho...

Dear Sir, If any Bermudian woman of my generation deserves the title of salt of the earth, it was Marilyn Alfreda Outerbridge (née Grant) — or simply “Merle”, as we all affectionately knew her. Her passing evoked great sadness in her family as expect...

A band leader dubbed “Mr Entertainment” for his ability to enthral audiences was hailed as an ambassador for the island. Ted Ming was a founder of the Bermuda Strollers, a group with sufficient international prestige to be bankrolled by the Departmen...

A female Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier who was one of the few women to reach the senior Non-Commissioned Officer rank of Warrant Officer has died. Dorothy Nisbett, who was 61 and a mother of three, died suddenly at the weekend after a lifetime of s...

The beauty of the character that Michael K. Williams brought to life on The Wire was his extraordinary complexity. Omar Little was a Black man who stalked the streets of Baltimore wearing a swashbuckling duster and carrying a deadly sawed-off shotgun...

Dear Sir, Sheldon Bradshaw, Clyde Best and myself joined forces with each other way back during our primary school days at the West End Primary School in Sandys Parish. Sheldon lived on Clock Block in Boaz Island, while Clyde and myself lived in Dock...

The island’s first Black female president of the Bermuda Bar Association has been recalled as a compassionate and driven family lawyer. Ross Smith, husband of Karen Williams-Smith, said yesterday: “Her focus was on her family, starting with her two d...

A “gentle giant” who played the beautiful game hard but fair and was respected by his peers. These are the sentiments from those paying tribute to goalkeeper Sheldon “Bully Beef” Bradshaw, who died last Tuesday from illness at age 72. Blessed with ex...

An insurance company chief executive who built his firm into a major player discovered his calling after he landed a job at the island’s weather service. John Sainsbury became chief executive officer and managing director of the Argus Group in 1981 ...

The Bermuda Entertainment Union has paid tribute to the late entertainer Gilbert “Bill” Caisey. Mr Caisey, a top Bermudian singer and band leader, died on July 22 at the age of 87. A spokesman for the union said: “Bro. ‘Bill’ Caisey, was known as ‘Mr...