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Calypso icon Slinger Francisco, dubbed 'The Mighty Sparrow,' dies at 91

phillytrib.com · 7h · first report

Calypso icon Slinger Francisco, dubbed 'The Mighty Sparrow,' dies at 91

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Calypso music lost one of its most emblematic voices Sunday with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the "Calypso King of the World." He was 91.

The coverage

  1. Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91

    theguardian.com · 1h

  2. Calypso icon Slinger Francisco, dubbed 'The Mighty Sparrow,' dies at 91, his family says

    inquirer.com · 2h

  3. Calypso icon Slinger Francisco, dubbed ‘The Mighty Sparrow,’ dies at 91, his family says

    wtop.com · 2h

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