Balford Henry, award-winning veteran journalist, dies at 74

September 14, 2026

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Balford Henry, award-winning veteran journalist, dies at 74

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Award-winning veteran journalist Balford Henry, whose career spanned more than five decades of reporting, has died at the age of 74.

He died on Monday after a short illness.

Henry entered journalism in 1971 as a trainee reporter with the Gleaner while in sixth form at Wolmer’s Boys’ School in Kingston.

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