HE ORGANISATION REPRESENTING CALYPSONIANS IN THIS COUNTRY, IS READY TO CONSIDER WAYS OF RECOGNISING THE LEGEND DR. SLINGER FRANCISCO, BETTER KNOWN AS THE MIGHTY SPARROW.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE MIGHTY SPARROW DIED AT THE AGE OF 91.

HIS FAMILY CONFIRMED, HIS PASSING IN NEW YORK.

IN A STATEMENT THE FAMILY SAID, SPARROW WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES, IN CARIBBEAN MUSIC.

IT SAID, HE ENJOYED A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES, AND BECAME INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE VOICE, SHARP WIT AND SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY.

PRESIDENT OF THE TRINBAGO UNIFIED CALYPSONIAN ORGANISATION, AINSLEY KING EARLIER TODAY TOLD NEWSCENTER FIVE, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION HAS TO BE GIVEN TO HOW THE ICON WILL BE REMEMBERED.

MR. KING SAID, SPARROW DESERVES EVERY ACCOLADE.

THE FAMILY ALSO SAID, IN HIS FINAL DAYS SPARROW HAD EMBRACED CHRISTIANITY, GIVING HIS LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST AND BEING BAPTISED INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH.

THE FAMILY SAID, ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR A GATHERING TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE.

IT ALSO ASKED SPARROW’S FRIENDS AND FANS, TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY TAGGING HIS OFFICIAL ACCOUNT @THEREALMIGHTYSPARROW.

SPARROW’S DEATH BROUGHT TO AN END, THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S CALYPSO TRADITION.