Fan travels from New York to honour Sparrow and his music

For Kelsey Bobb, The Mighty Spar­row’s mu­sic was a con­nec­tion to her child­hood, her Guyanese par­ents and her late fa­ther — one strong enough to bring her from New York to Trinidad and To­ba­go for just a day to pay her re­spects.

Bobb was among those who at­tend­ed the pub­lic view­ing at the Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) yes­ter­day, where re­stric­tions pre­vent­ed mourn­ers from see­ing Spar­row’s body but al­lowed them to pay their re­spects at his cas­ket.

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Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, Bobb said her Guyanese par­ents raised her on Spar­row’s mu­sic, mak­ing it im­por­tant for her to be present de­spite the short trip.