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Trinidadian Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who died on Saturday, aged 85, was “a giant”, the island’s West Indian Association has said. Naipaul, whose books such as Miguel Street and A House for Mr Biswas are required reading in his homelan...

Barrett Lightbourn, an engineer and environmentalist who pioneered solar power and energy conservation in Bermuda, has died. He was 66. Friends and colleagues said Mr Lightbourn was a modest visionary who brought renewable power to the island decades...

Bermudian amateur historian Diana Hyde has died at the age of 90. Ms Hyde, the daughter of Sir Allan Chalmers Smith, a former attorney-general, and mother of environmentalist Anne Hyde, was born in Bermuda but spent much of her adult life in Gibson I...

James “Jimmy” Copeland, a popular former teacher and sports coach in the East End, has died at his home in Scotland. He was 76. The father of three helped to mentor a generation of Bermudians during his time on the island between 1966 and 1980, along...

One of Bermuda’s first majorettes has been remembered as a trailblazing dancer and talented fashion designer. Family and friends paid tribute to Lois Battersbee-Ward, who died last week in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 91. Keith Battersbee, ...

Richard Voigt, an American businessman, jazz enthusiast and devoted visitor to the island with his wife Elizabeth, has died at the age of 82. Lawson Mapp, the former Hamilton Mayor and a good friend of the couple, said the two had come to Bermuda “re...

Mary Hopkins, a veteran Saltus teacher who headed the school’s lower primary department, has died. Ms Hopkins was 93. The former teacher was credited with shaping the department over decades as head teacher. Ms Hopkins wrote in the Saltus yearbook in...

Alice Bean was a mother of six, grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of 22, but she was considered family by many more who had no direct family link to her. The “great mother and equally amazing grandmother”, who died last month at the age of 96, ...

A man who died after a crash last week was a motorcycle enthusiast who shared his passion with young people, friends said yesterday. Navell “Beetle” Darrell, 59, was a veteran racer, said Takara Dill, president of the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club....

William Moniz, better known as Dennis, was remembered yesterday as a passionate and prolific performer who lived for music. Andrew Chamberlain, a veteran musician, said he was introduced to Mr Moniz’s music as a teenager. Mr Moniz’s band Life Senten...

Popular St George’s resident Neville Swainson, known as Chop-Chop, has died at the age of 84. Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden said Mr Swainson was a popular figure from her childhood in the East End, when he worked in her father’s packing business....

Police have named an elderly woman tourist who died on a snorkel trip. Dolores Burke, 74, from Florida, was with a group near Hawkins Island when she experienced difficulties at about 11am on Thursday. The senior was visiting Bermuda on a cruise. A...