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Legendary Radio Announcer Dies from COVID-19 Complications

   Listeners are mourning the coronavirus death of legendaryJamaicanradio
   broadcaster Gil Bailey.

   Media outlets sayhe died of complications from thevirusatage 84onMonday
   in New York, where he was championed as thevoice of Jamaican and
   Caribbean radio for five decades.

   Bailey's Saturdayradio program was a must listen in the metropolitan
   New Yorkarea, includingNew Jersey andConnecticut, whichhas a large
   Jamaican and Caribbean community.

   Since last July, Bailey also hosted a YouTube program, where he
   showcased West Indian music of all forms,including calypsoand gospel.

   Bailey was considered a pioneer among radiopersonalities,
   manyofwhomfollowedhis format of using entertainment to inform the
   Caribbean community in greater New York.

   Jamaica's Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia
   Grange, expressed her condolences, saying she was a friend of Bailey's
   and worked with him for years in promoting Jamaica.

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