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Herbert Eldridge Marshall, one of the Island’s last surviving war veterans, has died at the age of 92. Like many veterans who saw combat, Mr Marshall spoke little of his uglier experiences in the Second World War, preferring to tell only “cheerful, h...

The local sports community is today mourning the death of talented all-round athlete Dwia Blyden. The former Southampton Rangers cricketer and PHC Zebras footballer was found in a non-responsive state at an undisclosed location in England yesterday a...

A well-respected Bermudian horseman who worked his way up to the top of the United States thoroughbred ladder has died at his home in Tennessee. Gary Pimentel was 66 when he passed away last month. His family and friends will gather at St Mark’s Chur...

Elliott Pitcher, one of the best cricketers Bermuda has ever produced, has died at the age of 75. Pitcher, fondly known as “Jonah”, his second given name, passed away last weekend after a brief illness. Remembered as a man with an insatiable appetite...

Dorothy Packwood, an artist and educator credited with guiding the Island’s first definitive histories of slavery in Bermuda, has died at the age of 93. The wife of the late historian Cyril Packwood, Mrs Packwood was “a woman born before her time”, r...

A dedicated stalwart of the Bermuda Anglican church, Mildred Hill, has been remembered by family as “a humble kindred spirit — gentle, with a pillar of strength”. Ms Hill, who died on September 23 at the age of 78, was “very loving and caring to all ...

For more than four decades Joseph “Paddy” Woolf was the first port of call for thousands of patients, from sick children to pregnant mothers. He delivered scores of children and tended to hundreds during the course of his distinguished medical career...

In March of the year of the Lord 2000, a lady moved next door to my house. One day I saw her leaving home wearing a very brightly coloured red jacket and, as she walked by me, said “good morning”. Later that evening I spotted her in a blue jacket. I...

Retired police Inspector Eddie “Boxhead” Foggo, a larger-than-life St David’s figure described as a consummate officer, was laid to rest yesterday at the age of 75. Popular in the force and experienced in a wide range of departments, from the Bermuda...

The sole surviving member of the only running twins to finish first and second in the Bermuda Day Half-Marathon Derby has died. Neil Virgil, who was also well-known in the local hospitality industry as a bartender, died yesterday morning at age 70 af...

The Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association lost one of its former members this week with the passing of Ronald O’Hara in his native Jamaica on Tuesday after a lengthy illness. O’Hara, in his late 70s, retired to Jamaica several years ago after living i...

Many Bermudians and visitors alike knew of Derrick Phipps only as the guy who hung out on Front Street, opening doors for taxis or chatting with anyone whom he decided needed some life advice. Like many whom the world may deem as “less than”, many wa...