Tributes pour in for Mighty Sparrow

Ryan Ba­choo

Trib­utes con­tin­ue to pour in for ca­lyp­so icon Slinger “The Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co, with na­tion­al and re­gion­al lead­ers, artistes and cul­tur­al or­gan­i­sa­tions mourn­ing the loss of one of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s most in­flu­en­tial cul­tur­al fig­ures.

Spar­row, 91, who died peace­ful­ly yes­ter­day sur­round­ed by fam­i­ly in New York, is be­ing re­mem­bered as a gi­ant of Caribbean cul­ture, whose mu­sic, wit and un­mis­tak­able voice helped de­fine ca­lyp­so, Car­ni­val and the iden­ti­ty of T&T for gen­er­a­tions.