FORMER Tunapuna MP Edward "Eddie" Hart, 89, is dead. His son Terence Hart said Hart died at his Tunapuna home at 3.30-4.30 am on the morning of January 4.

"He survived a fall and broke his hip and never recovered," Terence told Newsday. The fall was last November, he said.

Hart is survived by his wife and nine children, Terence said. Hart was born on March 15, 1936, and would have seen his 90th birthday soon. Terence recalled his father's life and contribution including running the Eddie Hart Football League.