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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...

A great among greats who dazzled on the pitch “when football was football” has died. Glenn “Gappa” Wade, a stalwart for three decades with Pembroke Juniors and Dock Hill Rangers from the 1950s, was 80. Wade was a dominant figure, especially alongside...

The Government opened an online condolences book for Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, yesterday. Mr Lowe, the first black Speaker and who served as an MP for 44 years, died on Sunday, aged 82. Mr Lowe was a member of the Parli...

Stanley Lowe, the former Speaker of the House of Assembly, has died. He was 82. Mr Lowe was a Progressive Labour Party MP for Southampton East for 44 years, after being elected as a member of the “Class of ’68” which marked the beginning of the moder...

A veteran Girl Guides leader who became the island’s first black woman postmaster has died. Janice Dill, who also worked for decades with the Salvation Army, was 88. Ms Dill was part of a group of older Girl Guides from the Cedar Hill Land Rangers in...

Richard “Dick” Butterfield, a stalwart of Bermuda’s arts community, has died, aged 90. Mr Butterfield was born in Bermuda on September 7, 1929 and attended Saltus Grammar School as a child. He left the island in 1942 to attend Trinity College Schoo...

David Dagnall, a former deputy headmaster who taught in Bermuda for 19 years and was known for his ebullience in sporting circles, has died in England after a brief illness. He was 73. Born in Appleby, Westmoreland, he came to the island in 1972 to t...

Dear Sir, Ada Nyabongo (1926-2020), who was laid to rest on April 3, was a remarkable woman. While I salute her for earning a doctorate in musicology from New York University, this was only a small part of the woman I called “Aunt Ada”. I lived in h...