Dive pioneer Robert ‘Don’ Foster, founder of Don Foster’s Dive and an early honouree in the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, passed away on 13 Jan., at the age of 73.
Judiann Myles, 47, head of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority’s Anti-Money Laundering Division, died in a car fire in Lookout Gardens, Bodden Town on 3 April.
Ernie Scott, a long-serving civil servant and former district commissioner, passed away on 12 May, at the age of 69.
Driving instructor and former president of the Employee Assistance Programme Graham Walker, who taught many to drive at his Cayman Islands Driving School, died on 6 Aug., aged 87.
Caymanian fashion icon Reba Dilbert, renowned for decades for her festival costume designs, passed away on 6 Aug., at the age of 71.
Former Grand Court judge Sir Peter Cresswell, who was instrumental in establishing the Cayman courts’ Financial Services Division, passed away on 10 Sept., aged 81.
Andy Myles, a renowned and well-respected cricket coach, died on 25 Aug., at the age of 66.
Businessman Lee Aronfeld, an owner of Cimboco and Chicken! Chicken! restaurants, and a founding partner at Island Companies, died on 6 Oct., at the age of 86.
Captain Harris McCoy, who, as a master mariner, commandeed ships all over the world, from the Persian Gulf to Northern Europe to Brazil and Australia, died on 7 Oct., at the age of 87.
Dr. Joseph Ostroski, a Baptist Health South Florida surgeon who treated many Cayman patients, earning an honorary Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour in recognition of his medical contributions to Cayman, died on 6 Oct., at the age of 91.
Diving pioneer Nancy Easterbrook, founder of Divetech on Grand Cayman, died on 10 Oct.
Attorney Charnjit S ‘Casey’ Gill, founder of law firm C.S. Gill & Co, passed away on 14 Oct., at the age of 81.
Cayman broadcasting pioneer Rod Hansen, founder of Cayman 27 TV station, died on 16 Oct., at the age of 79.
Franklin Smith, a former MLA, chef, seaman and farmer, who received a Pioneer Award for Agriculture at the 2016 National Heroes Day, passed away on 24 Oct., at the age of 78.
Little Cayman’s oldest resident, philanthropist, conservationist and author Brigitte Kassa passed away on 25 Oct. at the age of 86.
Evangelist Alexander Wurm, 53, founder of Ignite the Fire Ministry in the Cayman Islands, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22, died in a plane crash in Florida, while delivering hurricane supplies to hurricane-stricken Jamaica on 11 Nov.
Long-serving Cayman Brac educator Hyacinth Downer passed away on 17 Nov., at the age of 77.
LGBTQ rights advocate Noel ‘Nolly’ Cayasso-Smith passed away on 24 Dec. at the age of 57 following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cayasso-Smith, who was instrumental in organising the first Cayman Pride parade in 2021, was CEO and president of the Cayman AIDS Foundation and founder of the Cayman LGBTQ Foundation.
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