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Parliamentarians and senators have paid tribute to Johnny Barnes, who died in the early hours of last Saturday at the age of 93. In the House of Assembly yesterday, several MPs rose to express their condolences to Mr Barnes’s family as well as share ...

Johnny Barnes’s final wish was that Bermuda “share love and kindness with each other”. Mr Barnes’s widow, Belvina, yesterday revealed the Bermuda icon’s farewell message to the island, which he composed before he passed away. In his message to “the ...

The local and global community has been mourning the loss of Bermuda’s own Mr Happy — Johnny Barnes who died in the early hours of Saturday morning at the age of 93 Mr Barnes, who was famed for bringing cheer to locals and visitors, died at the King ...

For Bermuda’s living icon of welcome, the news that yet another statue stands in his tribute is yet another reason to be thankful. “Amen, amen — it’s a blessing, and I thank God for it,” said Johnny Barnes, of the replica at the Guelph Collegiate Voc...

Dear Sir, Today (October 29, 20015) as I drove in to work, I saw about 15 people crowded on the median triangle where Johnny Barnes waves to us each morning and gives his love unconditionally to the Bermuda public. When I have seen non-profits hoveri...

Bermuda’s Mr Happy, Johnny Barnes, has said he is thrilled to have inspired an exciting new art movement that has gone global. His morning “I love you” to commuters arriving in Hamilton prompted a London artist to cover the streets of the English cap...

Johnny Barnes has proved an inspiration to a London artist who has covered the capital in “I love you” messages. The artist, who has remained anonymous, has installed 18 screens showing the message with the help of the advertising company Ocean Outdo...

Morning commuters will find an extra incentive to give a wave and a honk to Johnny Barnes on their way into Hamilton this morning — the living legend turns 91 years old today. Born in 1923, Mr Barnes has greeted passers-by on East Broadway since he f...

January 22, 2014 Dear Sir This is an open plea to Johnny Barnes, whom I passed this morning in the dark at 6:30. This lovely 90-year-old man was sitting in a torrential downpour with an umbrella over his head. Mr Barnes, no one will object if you tak...