Many knew of the late UK-based Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet who became the first black person to be featured regularly on television in the United Kingdom, but those who were intimately acquainted with him recall that he was a deeply spiritual man who practiced Tai Chi and meditation every day.
“He was always seen making graceful movements in his garden—it became what his grandchildren knew him for; they simply called him Tai Chi instead of Grandad,” one of his daughters, Sami Moxon, shared with Stabroek News in a recent email interview.
Her sister Dana Grant said that their father, who passed away in February 2010 but whose memory lives on—so much so that he was honoured in the UK recently—was an extremely principled man who always spoke his truth.
“His thirst for knowledge and
