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A “true Somerset girl” has been remembered for her dedication to her family and community. Leila Joan Gooden was 80 years old when she passed away last Thursday. The popular nurse, who worked at Lefroy House for more than 20 years, devoted much of he...

Premier Michael Dunkley has offered his condolences to a longtime friend and colleague who helped “take Cup Match to another level”. Colin Smith, the former president of Somerset Cricket Club, died from a heart attack at the age of 56. The Premier’s...

Singers sang, dancers danced and musicians played their instruments during an emotional graveside musical tribute fitting for Bermuda’s “First Lady of Limbo”, Dawn Jeanette Wilson. Mrs Wilson, wife of Kavin Wilson, a vocalist with local reggae group ...

“A straight talker, who loved his golf and loved Bermuda.” That was how friends remembered Jack Wahl yesterday as news of the popular Canadian’s death spread across the Island. Mr Wahl was a familiar face on the golf courses of Bermuda and had been a...

The Human Rights Commission has paid tribute to one of its dedicated commissioners who has died. Darcy Gimas was 44 when she passed away recently. Lisa Reed, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, praised Ms Gimas for her previous advocac...

Tributes have been paid for a popular dentist and former MP who died this week. Dr Vincent Bridgewater was 74 when he passed away on Thursday. Former Premier Sir John Swan led the tributes for his friend and former UBP senator. “Vincent adopted a lot...

Arts patron and flamboyant personality Doreen “Mac” Musson, one of the founders of what is today the Bermuda Society of Arts, has died at the age of 89. A painter in her own right, Ms Musson helped establish the organisation, then known as the Societ...

The founder of the Bermuda Boys’ Brigade has been remembered as a man who epitomised the group’s motto “sure and steadfast”. Captain Cecil Downs passed away this month in Bermuda at the age of 99. Capt Downs first joined the Boys’ Brigade in Dublin w...

Tributes have flooded in from across Bermuda after the death of a highly respected businessman and a community champion dedicated to his country. Michael King passed away yesterday morning at the age of 72. The father-of-two was a prominent figure in...

A brave mother-of-two has spoken of the devastating loss of a “loving husband” and “devoted father” who lived for his two little girls. Sarah Bumsted’s husband, Bryan, died this month at the age of 37, just 43 days after a rare form of kidney cancer ...

Iola Busby has been remembered as a loving and easy-going matriarch of Sandys. Cecilla Bean yesterday paid tribute to her mother, who died this week at the grand old age of 102. Ms Bean said of her mother: “She loved cooking and gardening and loved...