George Golding, who worked as a manager with acts like Anthony B and Third World, died in Trelawny parish, Jamaica on March 20. He was 76.
His younger brother, Steven, confirmed his death. He succumbed to injuries sustained in a recent auto accident in Trelawny.
The Goldings are members of a family that operated a printing business in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital, for many years. They also published Swing Magazine which covered the entertainment scene in Jamaica during the 1970s.
George Golding got involved in the music business in the early 1970s while attending college in New York. He was part of the fledgling reggae scene in the Big Apple which had a growing Jamaican community.
“His heart was always into the music, Georgie was always about helping the artist,” said Steven, a respected guitarist who has recorded and toured with the Fabulous Five and Roots Radics bands.
He pointed to his brother’s time with producer Richard Bell’s Startrail Records in the 1990s as a high point of his career. That company produced big hit songs by Anthony B and Everton Blender.
In recent years, the Kingston-born Golding settled in Falmouth, a seaside market town in Trelawny that is also a cruise ship hub.
George Golding is survived by children, four brothers and three sisters.
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