George Stanley Beard, Tobago icon, dead at 79
Politics
May 14, 2026
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George Stanley Beard, the veteran Tobago politician, tourism pioneer and cultural advocate credited with helping shape the island’s modern tourism and heritage landscape, has died.
Beard died on Wednesday at the age of 79.
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Beard became widely recognised for spearheading some of Tobago’s most enduring cultural tourism initiatives, including conceptualising the Tobago Heritage Festival in 1982 and founding the Blue Food Festival in 1998.
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