Fellow comedians and friends of legendary actor/comedian Habeeb Khan who died on Tuesday, yesterday described him as an icon and expressed regret that he was never properly honoured for his contribution to comedy in Guyana.
“(The death of) Habeeb is a big loss to Guyana,” said close friend and actor/comedian Linden ‘Jumbie’ Jones. He said that Khan was misjudged as being vulgar but explained that the late comedian had a lot of humour for the closed society he lived in. The ‘Nothing To Laugh About’ producer said that his other show, ‘Uncensored’ was created to facilitate Khan’s style of comedy.
Jones said that he would never forget his visit to Khan’s home on Father’s Day. He recalled that the moment he arrived,
