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BREAKING NEWS: Calypso icon Mighty Sparrow dies at 91
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- Sep 27, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC
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Calypso music has lost one of its most emblematic voices with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “Calypso King of the World.”
Reproduced from CNC3 News, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago's calypso fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its
Legendary calypsonian Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow, has died at the age of 91.