Local developer and businessman Gene Thompson passed away peacefully after a courageous fight against cancer on 21 Feb. He was 59.
Pastor Marquiss R. McLaughlin died on 29 March., at the age of 71.
Pastor John Wallace Macmillan died on 17 April. He was 78.
Founder of Kirk Freeport and former legislator Captain Eldon E. Kirkconnell passed away on 8 June, at the age of 96.
Former board chairman of OfReg Rudy Ebanks died on 11 July. He was 68.
Retired banker, former National Conservation Council chairman and Older Persons Council member Hermon Howard McFarlane ‘Mac’ Conolly passed away 17 July. He was 70 years old.
Caymanian pilot Adrian David ‘Josh’ West died on 28 July. He was 49.
Pastor Wesley Nyack passed away on 11 Aug., at the age of 71.
Former director of the Commissions Secretariat and Cayman’s EU representative Deborah Bodden passed away on 12 Aug., at the age of 44.
Women’s rights activist and Caymanian cultural icon Georgette Ebanks passed away peacefully at her home after a brief illness on 17 Oct. She was 96.
Around the world
Lisa Presley, American singer and songwriter and only child of rock ’n’ roll legend Elvis Presley and ex-wife of ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson, died on 12 Jan. She was 54.
The first female speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd died on 26 Feb., at the age of 93.
Last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, American guitarist Gary Rossington died on 5 Mar. He was 71.
Jamaican-American activist and entertainer Harry Belafonte died on 25 Apr., at the age of 96.
Talk show host and former Mayor of Cincinnati Jerry Springer died after a brief illness on 27 Apr. He was 79.
Legendary singer and ‘Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’ Tina Turner died after a long illness on 24 May, at the age of 83.
US Olympian Jim Hines, the first man to run the 100m race in 10 seconds, died on 3 Jun. He was 76.
Music legend Tony Bennett, who had quietly lived with Alzheimer’s disease, died on 21 Jul, at the age of 96.
Legendary American game-show host of ‘The Price is Right’ Bob Barker died on 26 Aug . He was 99 years old.
Calypsonian Denyse Plummer died 27 Aug. She was 70.
Musician and mogul Jimmy Buffett, known for his popular Caribbean song, ‘Margaritaville’, passed away on 2 Sept. He was 76.
Irish-born British actor Sir Michael Gambon who was known for playing Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, died 28 Sept., at the age of 82.
Best known for playing Chandler Bing on US sitcom ‘Friends’, Matthew Perry died on 28 Oct. He was 54.
International soca artist Ricardo Drue passed away on 12 Dec. He was 38.
British-born Irish singer Shane MacGowan, of the Pogues whose had a major hit with their Christmas song ‘Fairytale of New York’, died on 30 Nov. He was 65.
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