Barbados Prime Minister Dies
Associated Press
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados —
Prime Minister Tom Adams, one of the English-speaking Caribbean’s most prominent leaders, died today, the government announced. He was 53.
The announcement did not give the cause of death. Adams had been prime minister since 1976. A terse announcement by the Cabinet said Adams “died suddenly at his official residence earlier this afternoon.”
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