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One of Bermuda’s top singers, a band leader who scored a hit on the United States Billboard charts, has died. June Ventzos, who shot to fame locally as the leader of the band Paradise, was 61. She then forged the group Voyeur with Grant Williams; tog...

A top businessman, lawyer and sailor whose seafaring roots went back centuries on the island has died. Nicholas Bayard Dill Jr, who competed in several Newport Bermuda sailing races and other championships, was 88. Mr Dill rose to senior partner at l...

A top businessman and behind the scenes strategist when the former United Bermuda Party governed the island has died. Edgar Wilkinson was 90. Mr Wilkinson was also a board member at the Bermuda Monetary Authority in the 1980s. His businesses included...

Tributes have been paid to one of Bermuda’s most celebrated fishermen, who died on Thursday, aged 84. Llewellyn Hollis, who helped save many lives on rescue missions, was described by the community affairs minister as “a true Bermudian treasure”. Lov...

A former top nurse appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 20 years ago for her contribution to healthcare has died. Jacqueline Lightbourne, the island’s first Chief Nursing Officer, was 84. Ms Lightbourne started at the ...

The Premier paid tribute last night to an iconic former bell captain at one of Bermuda’s hotels, who has died. Shirley Hunt, who worked at Elbow Beach Hotel for nearly 60 years, was regarded as one of the island’s leading tourism ambassadors. David B...

A broadcaster and historian dedicated to the preservation of Bermuda’s untold stories has died. Oda Mallory was 83. Ms Mallory, known to generations from her stage name “Blondell”, ran the weekly radio broadcast Living Memories that riveted listeners...

A celebrated and sporting family from a tight-knit community said goodbye last week to two neighbourhood figures who died within a day of one another. Virginia “MamaGin” DeGraff, a centenarian from North Village, Pembroke, who walked to a variety of ...

A former government head statistician, ex-MP and senator has died. Calvin Smith was 87. Mr Smith was also a stalwart of the Bermuda Industrial Union, as well as a major figure in the Progressive Labour Party. Mr Smith was also prominent in the footba...

Charles “Bubba” Joynes and I had a myriad of things in common: our profession, our love of sport and our fraternity. Despite these commonalties, we weren’t particularly close. I am sure our distance was based in the reality that during Charles’s tenu...

Robin Blackburne, a world-renowned wine connoisseur, inventor and tennis lover, has died at age 86. Mr Blackburne’s name was synonymous with wine in Bermuda, after he came to the island in 1962 to lead Bristol Cellars, a drinks firm. He arrived in Be...

Cecil G. Smith, a lifelong musician whose name became synonymous with the organ at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, has died at 85. On Sunday he was given a send-off by the congregation of the Hamilton church, where he had also led the cho...