‘He made us feel special’

To millions, he was the “Calypso King of the World”. To his children, Slinger Francisco, aka The Mighty Sparrow, was simply their father, a devoted family man who made each of them feel special.

So said one of his daughters, Gina Francisco, in her tribute during a memorial service for him at the Linden Seventh Day Adventist Church in New York yesterday.

He leaves to mourn him his wife, Margaret, and his children, Frederick, Anthony, Leroy, Gina, Leon, Nicole, Mario, Sancho, Karen, Alicia, Michelle, Jabari and Atiyah.