Trinidad Guardian) Guyana-born international musician Dennis De Souza has died. De Souza, who was known among his Caribbean counterparts as a famed Caribbean pianist, died on Saturday in Canada, after battling with Parkinson’s disease. He was 77. In a Guyanese article on Saturday, it stated that De Souza, of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, died at 8.18 am in his sleep at the Credit Valley Hospital, Toronto, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks.

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The report also stated that the veteran musician, who last performed publicly 18 months ago, was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and in recent weeks pneumonia. His two sons and a sister were at his side at the time of death. De Souza’s wife died two years ago.

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