Mighty Sparrow’s funeral set for October 16

The late Mighty Spar­row will be ho­n­oured with a na­tion­al Cel­e­bra­tion of Life on Oc­to­ber 16, with mem­bers of the pub­lic get­ting two op­por­tu­ni­ties to pay their re­spects ahead of the cer­e­mo­ny.

The Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment an­nounced on Fri­day that pub­lic view­ing of the ca­lyp­so leg­end will take place from 10 am to 6 pm on Oc­to­ber 13 and 14 at the South­ern Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (SAPA) and the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA), re­spec­tive­ly.

The Gov­ern­ment is col­lab­o­rat­ing with the Fran­cis­co fam­i­ly to or­gan­ise the State-As­sist­ed Fu­ner­al and Cel­e­bra­tion of Life for the late Slinger Fran­cis­co, bet­ter known as Mighty Spar­row, who was wide­ly re­gard­ed as the Ca­lyp­so King of the World.