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An actor, singer and stage prop maker who was beloved by the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society has died. Paul Maccoy, an insurance executive for the firm Freisenbruch-Meyer, was 63. Mr Maccoy was admired by friends at the BMDS as a larger than lif...

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...

A “warrior for Bermuda” was mourned yesterday in the House of Assembly. Jan Martin, a founding member of the pressure group Move Bermuda, died this week aged 59. David Burt, the Premier, said Ms Martin was a “Progressive Labour Party stalwart”. Move ...

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...

Bermuda’s legal community paid tribute to former Chief Justice, the late Sir Austin Ward, who died in his native Barbados last month at the age of 85. In a special online hearing held on Friday, Sir Christopher Clarke, President of the Court of Appea...

A veteran ZBM cameraman and news gatherer has died. Arnold Landy II was 62. Mr Landy was also known for his work as a carpenter and was a keen fisherman. Tari Trott, a ZBM news anchor, reported on Thursday night that he and his colleagues were “dev...

A psychological counsellor who fought a lifelong battle with cancer has died. Leslie Ann White was 48. She also ran a successful bookstore, the Literate Lizard, with her daughter Jordyn, 17, in the city of Sedona, Arizona. Ms White, also an author, ...

Tributes have been paid to limbo dancing legend Kenneth “Kenny” Bean Jr, who died on Saturday. The Bermuda Entertainment Union said Mr Bean was Bermuda’s first limbo dancer and also founded a number of nightclubs. The BEU said Mr Bean was also a co...

A champion of the Girl Guides who was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her services to young people on the island has died. Joan Wilkie was 99. Bruce Wilkie, her son, said Ms Wilkie was “a vigorous, concerned and dedicated woman to Bermud...

Kenneth Richardson, the island’s first Black Cabinet Secretary who served in the role from 1984 to 1993, has died at 82. Mr Richardson, who had to step down as top civil servant for health reasons, was recalled by Sir John Swan, a former Premier, as ...

A jazz veteran and accomplished bass guitarist from the heyday of the Bermudian entertainment scene has died. Quinton “Tiny” Burgess, a nephew of jazz trumpeter Vernon “Ghandi” Burgess, was 78. Although best-known for playing bass guitar, Mr Burgess ...

Dear Sir, It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Malaika Laurine Butler-Douglas. In 1998, I was Principal Mechanical Engineer, Ministry of Works and Engineering, at the Government Quarry, Bailey’s Bay. We had a vacancy for a truck dri...