Veteran broadcaster, Pat Cameron, dies
July 1, 2009 By Ananthsa Filed Under News
Condolences from far and wide are pouring in to the daughter of veteran broadcaster Pat Cameron. She died yesterday at 12:30hrs, according to information posted by her daughter, Gail Cameron-Langevine, on FaceBook.
Yesterday, another veteran broadcaster, Margaret Lawrence, offered deepest condolences to the entire family, from her radio ‘family.
‘Aunty Pat’, as she was familiarly known to most, will sorely be missed, Lawrence said.
On Friday last, Pat Cameron, aka ‘Auntie Pat’, one of the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation’s veteran broadcasters was reported as hospitalized in a serious condition after she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm Thursday.
Pat Cameron, a doyenne of Guyanese broadcasters, was the host of the influential radio programme, On Show Young Guyana, which helped to give recognition to the musical abilities of many young Guyanese.
She was also a talented actor and an enthusiastic celebrator of Guyanese folk traditions. Reports from Gail Cameron-Langevine, Pat’s daughter, were that Pat, while reported to be brain dead after suffering a burst brain aneurysm but started breathing on her own when they removed the respirator.
Pat Cameron, on radio, was popular for hosting shows such as A Visit with Patricia, Woman’s World, Countryside Gaff, On Show Young Guyana, Colgate Cavity Fighters Club, Beauty that Endures, Hear What Ah Tell You, Salute to Senior Citizens, The Talking Book (for the Blind), Visits to Institutions at Christmas (Christmas at the Dharm Shala, ..at the Mahaica Hospital, ..at the Georgetown Hospital), A Theme for a Dream, A Song Like Poetry, Woman Home and Family, Music from Mackenzie, A Tapestry of Song, Randy (Randolph) Profitt and the Boys and Yesterpops.
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