Benjamin announces State-assisted funeral for Mighty Sparrow

The Gov­ern­ment will ac­cord ca­lyp­so icon Dr Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co an of­fi­cial state-as­sist­ed fu­ner­al, with Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Min­is­ter Michelle Ben­jamin al­so an­nounc­ing a na­tion­al trib­ute and oth­er plans to ho­n­our his lega­cy.

Ben­jamin made the an­nounce­ments in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day as she paid trib­ute to Spar­row, who died in New York on Sun­day, at the age of 91, sur­round­ed by his fam­i­ly.

She said a com­mit­tee had al­ready been con­sti­tut­ed to work with Spar­row’s fam­i­ly to en­sure he re­ceives “a fu­ner­al fit for a leg­end”.