PM pays tribute to Mighty Sparrow during condolence book signing

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar paid trib­ute to ca­lyp­so icon Dr Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co af­ter sign­ing the con­do­lence book in his ho­n­our at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) on Thurs­day.

Spar­row died in New York on Sep­tem­ber 27 at the age of 91. His fam­i­ly said he passed away peace­ful­ly, sur­round­ed by loved ones, fol­low­ing a brief ill­ness.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar was ac­com­pa­nied by Spar­row’s daugh­ter, Karen Fran­cis­co; At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie; Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Michelle Ben­jamin; Par­lia­men­tary Sec­re­tary in the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Dr Narindra Roop­nar­ine; Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Sean Sobers; and NA­PA chair­man Ken­ny Phillip.