Prime Minister Bruce Roosevelt Skerrit has described the late Slinger Francisco, the Mighty Sparrow, as an extraordinary musical genius, following the calypso icon’s death in New York at the age of 91.

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  • Althea Shillingford
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    28 days ago

    Ninety-one years old, died in New York after decades chasing royalties nobody in Port of Spain ever paid. Now the tributes arrive cheap.