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Cause of death Date of death Ref(s) Maree Rodebaugh: 56 shot put: Amateur Athletic Union [a] internal bleeding after being struck in back during meet May 29, 1977 [15] Paul Suzuki: 77 shot put: USA Track & Field [b] brain injury during pre-meet practice June 22, 2005 [16] Dieter Strack: 74 javelin throw: Düsseldorf Athletics impaled during ...
A missing man was also washed away by floodwaters, Jamaican Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon told the Observer. “His status is unconfirmed. We grieve with the families affected,” she ...
Gordon Arthur Cyril "Butch" Stewart OJ CD (6 July 1941 – 4 January 2021) was a Jamaican hotelier and businessman. He was the founder, owner, and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and its subsidiaries Appliance Traders and The Jamaica Observer.
All were dropped by the plaintiffs, who included former Prime Minister Michael Manley and, most recently, wealthy businessman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, owner of the Jamaica Observer Newspaper: On 5 August 2009, the Jamaica Observer reported that he was being sued by Stewart for defamation. [6] The matter is currently before the Jamaican court.
Robert Hill, known as Kentucky Kid, [1] (died 8 December 2009) was a Jamaican entertainer who was shot dead by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). [2] Hill had earlier filmed a previous incident in which police officers entered his house and confronted him and his wife Kumiko, who was eight months pregnant at the time.
Barbara Joy Gloudon OD OJ IOJ (née Goodison; 5 February 1935 [1] – 11 May 2022) was a Jamaican writer. She received two Seprod Awards from the Press Association of Jamaica and Order of Distinction. Gloudon was a scriptwriter for Jamaica's Little Theatre Movement (LTM) [2] and wrote radio drama. She hosted a radio talk show for thirty years ...
The Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was owned by Butch Stewart (now deceased), who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, The Gleaner. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive editor – operations. [1]
Heather Little-White OD (8 May 1952 – 22 January 2013) was a Jamaican nutritionist, journalist and disabilities activist. After earning degrees in nutrition and communication, she worked with Grace Kitchens and founded the television programme Creative Cooking to share sound nutritional advice throughout the country.