Newsday June 22, 2021
FORMER president Anthony Carmona said the death of cultural icon Winston “Joker” Devine is a national, regional and international loss.
The prolific song writer who penned songs for almost every calypso great, including Machel Montano and Mighty Sparrow, died on Tuesday morning.
In a message expressing sadness at his passing Carmona said he was, “A giant of a composer and a lyrical poet extraordinaire, a quintessential cultural icon with the indisputable gift and power of the word, one who helped create our Marvin Gaye of calypso – King Austin.”
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true legend
nuff respect
rip
your progress song is immortal
you will be miss RIP . You will always be remembered as a Icon of calypso writing