Musician Derry Etkins dies

Derry Etkins in 2014 displaying a prized gift from one of his classes, an edible bracelet, which said, “So Sweet!”

Guyanese musician Derry Etkins has died during recovery from a minor surgery.

Etkins passed at the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal Corporation (GPHC), this newspaper confirmed last evening.

Etkins, who was revered among Caribbean musicians as a composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator, had a career with spanned four decades and at least three Caribbean territories.