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Music icon Mighty Sparrow dies at 91
Music icon Mighty Sparrow dies at 91
Music icon Mighty Sparrow dies at 91

Published on: 10/04/2026

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Mighty Sparrow, the celebrated performer known as the “Calypso King of the World,” died at age 91 following a brief illness. (Pictured: Calypso star, Slinger Francisco, otherwise known as 'The Mighty Sparrow,' right, celebrates his 70th birthday dancing calypso with Caribbean community leader Jean Alexander at a reception in his honor in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 29, 2005.) (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File)

Slinger Francisco, the celebrated performer known worldwide as the Mighty Sparrow, died Sunday in New York at age 91.

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