Patsy, who is a year older than her famous sibling, lives in the United Kingdom. She was accompanied to the event by her eldest brother Oswald, who is also a UK resident.
John Holt was raised in the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston and attended Calabar High School. While there he first entered the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour, a talent contest he won multiple times.
His career took off with rocksteady group The Paragons in the 1960’s. He maintained his popularity as a balladeer until his death from cancer.
Many of his songs, such as Stick By Me, Love I Can Feel and Stealing Stealing, are reggae standards.
A number of Holt’s colleagues attended Saturday’s function, including Ken Boothe, bandleader Lloyd Parks, June Isaacs (widow of Gregory Isaacs), and Ibo Cooper, head of music at the Edna Manley College of The Visual And Performing Arts.
— By Howard Campbell
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