Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New York Slinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91. Francisco, who got his breakthrough in calypso music with his 1956 hit son...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/28/mighty-sparrow-the-trinidad-and-tobago-singer-known-as-the-calypso-king-of-the-world-dies-aged-91)

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