Veteran Guyanese broadcaster Hugh Cholmondeley died Friday night in a New York hospital following a prolonged battle with lung cancer.
His daughter Cathy Hughes, a member of parliament in Guyana, said that her 73-year-old father died in a New York Hospital, around 6:20pm. Cholmondeley leaves to mourn his widow and five children. He was a former general manager of the now defunct Guyana Broadcasting Service (GBS).
He worked as a consultant with the United Nations during a tour Somalia as coordinator for humanitarian aid and rehabilitation. Cholmondeley also served as an election observer for Caricom on many occasions.
He is a former United Nations official having served the organisation for 27 years in senior capacities in all regions of the world. Cholmondeley was also a Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union. He was educated at the Universities of Syracuse, USA, Birmingham, England and the West Indies in Jamaica.
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