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VINCENTIAN MUSIC PIONEER GRANVILLE STRAKER DIES AT 86

Summary by Times Caribbean
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Granville Leonard Straker, the pioneering Vincentian-born music producer, entrepreneur and founder of Brooklyn-based Straker’s Records, died on August 27 at age 86, his family announced. Born on September 12, 1939, to the late Irena and Clement Straker, he became one of the Caribbean’s most influential music industry figures, helping to produce, preserve and distribute calypso and soca internationally.…
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Times Caribbean broke the news in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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