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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91
The obituary of Slinger Francisco — the man who carried calypso from a small Caribbean island to Madison Square Garden across six decades and hundreds of songs.
- “The Mighty Sparrow will be remembered as 'a defining voice of our culture, a master storyteller and a towering figure whose music helped carry calypso from Trinidad and Tobago to the world.'”
- “'The Mighty Sparrow was the supreme entertainer, a cultural revolutionary and one of the world's greatest Calypsonians.'”
- Francisco recorded hundreds of songs across six decades, performing at venues including Madison Square Garden, with a stated goal of advancing calypso as an art form.
- Born in Grenada in 1935, Francisco was a toddler when his family moved to Trinidad and Tobago — birthplace of calypso — where the persona of the Mighty Sparrow was born.
- In 1987, the University of the West Indies conferred an honorary doctor of letters on Francisco; Trinidad and Tobago also honored him with national awards.
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