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Abuwi Rasool, one of the founders of the Bermuda Society for the Blind, has died at 89. Mr Rasool taught handiwork to other blind people, ran his own shop in Hamilton, and prided himself on travelling unaided all over the world. Born Wilfred John Tac...

Alex Swan, a prominent businessman and entrepreneur, has died. Mr Swan was 76. The realtor and developer was a decades-long friend and business associate of Sir John Swan, the former premier. Mr Swan was a general manager for John W. Swan Limited, an...

Peter Stubbs, a former chief inspector with the Bermuda Police Service, has died. He was 83. Mr Stubbs, who died on January 31, was buried yesterday after a service at Christ Church in Warwick. He was a senior officer in the Special Branch and a high...

A former Bermuda police officer badly injured in the Belco riots in 1965 has died. Barry “Tim” Burch, who served between 1962 and 1965, was 79. Mr Burch and then colleague George Linnen were credited by Andrew Bermingham, a retired police officer, wi...

Violet Lightbourne, a Salvation Army stalwart and “prayer warrior” known across the community as Auntie Vi, has died at 96. A retired major at the charity, Ms Lightbourne was internationally known through her dedicated service. With her late husband,...

The man who saved baseball team the San Francisco Giants for California was also a huge fan of Bermuda, it was revealed yesterday. Peter Magowan, the former head of the Safeway grocery chain and managing general partner of the Giants from 1993 to 200...

A homeless man who became a well-known figure in Hamilton was remembered yesterday. Friends and family said Reginald “Sonny” Furbert, who was 70, was a talented tenpin bowler, an avid reader, a sharp dresser — and a kind and generous man. Moira Bean,...

Kirsten Badenduck, an insurance executive who became a champion for the disabled, has died. Ms Badenduck was 69. She was confined to a wheelchair after she suffered serious injuries in 2002 car crash while on holiday in Northern California. But Ms Ba...

The oldest surviving former Cup Match player, Leroy “Tubby” Richardson, has died. Mr Richardson, a one-time St George’s player and resident, who passed away on Monday, was 97. He made his debut in the Classic in 1941, at the age of 20. He later capta...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment bid farewell to Corporal Ricardo Gibbs on Saturday with a military ceremony at the New Testament Church of God in Hamilton. Mr Gibbs, who served with the RBR for more than 20 years, died in a bike crash on Harbour Road on J...

A veteran staff member of the Bermuda Police Service has died. Donna Roberts died in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last Wednesday. She was 61. Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said he was deeply saddened by the news. He added Ms Ro...

A trailblazing Bermudian engineer for the Xerox Corporation, who pushed for the hiring of other black professionals, has died. Lloyd Bean, an 80-year-old father of four, died on January 8 at home in Brighton, New York. Mr Bean moved to the United Sta...