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A Bermudian broadcaster who broke down barriers in the 1960s on the airwaves of New York City was a pioneer, her family said yesterday. Grennell Bassett Harris, who died in the US last week, earlier earned the nickname “Auntie Nell” as the host of ch...

Tributes have poured in for a top French football coach who helped inspire a generation of Bermudian coaches. Jacques Crevoisier spent more than a decade delivering coaching courses and initiatives on the island for four organisations — the Bermuda F...

Ambitious, eloquent and driven — the late J.A. Llewellyn Peniston was remembered yesterday as a power broker who rose from a humble background. “Llew” Peniston, who died last weekend at 74, was a man who gained much, and lost equally in the process. ...

A Progressive Labour Party stalwart and staunch union member has died. Davis Tannock was 87. The PLP said Mr Tannock, a plumber who ran the company that bore his name, was “also a notable member of the Bermuda Industrial Union and served in various c...

A war veteran and widow who was inspired by her triumph over illness to do voluntary work abroad has died. Deirdre Chapin was 95. David Thompson, the president of Bermuda Overseas Missions, where she was a volunteer, said that Ms Chapin’s last trip w...

A former United Bermuda Party senator, lawyer and businessman has died. J. Llewellyn Peniston was 74. Mr Peniston was a former shipping agent who worked with cruise lines serving the island, including Carnival. He started out in the industry with the...

A former football and cricket star was a “true friend for all seasons” the head of the North Village Community Club said yesterday. Shervin Dill, the club president and a close friend of the late sports legend, said he called Richard “Shack” Todd “Si...

The last surviving member of a family that left an indelible mark in public service in Bermuda and abroad, has died. Wyonne Paine passed away in Britain, aged 97. Mrs Paine, a force in education and on the tennis court in the late 1940s and early 195...

When the switch was thrown at 6am on August 2, 1962 to radio station ZFB-1, Egbert Montague Sheppard had endured two years of roadblocks to the creation of the island’s second station. In 1960, after years abroad, Mr Sheppard, known widely as “Monty”...

A “giant” supporter of the island’s Scout Association who helped pull the movement back from the brink of extinction has died. Tim Smith was 67. Mr Smith was a lifelong Scout, and a devoted Akela — the pack leader — for the 19th Bermuda Cub Scouts. ...

Stanley Lowe, Bermuda’s first black Speaker of the House of Assembly, died on Sunday aged 82. The Royal Gazette has reproduced this video that was recorded by CITV to celebrate him reaching the milestone of 40 years as a Progressive Labour Party poli...

A pastor who ministered on the streets, as well as in the hospital and prison system, has died. The Reverend William Holdipp was 75. Mr Holdipp was a prominent member of the New Testament Church of God on Dundonald Street in Hamilton. Crystal Holdipp...