Former Barbados Chief Education Officer, Laurie King, has died.
His son Hayden Brathwaite tells Starcom Network News that Mr. King who was appointed as the education chief in 2012 died this morning at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. He was sixty five years old.
Mr. King had taken early retirement some years ago due to illness.
Mr. Brathwaite describes his father as a valiant but humble man.
Meantime, Mr. King’s wife, Ventrice King, describes her late husband as a brilliant person who loved people, would go all out to help everyone and was loved by many.
