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The last three days in Belize were observed as days of mourning in honor of the passing of the country’s first and the Commonwealth’s first female Governor General, Doctor Dame Minita Gordon. She passed away on January 1, 2021 in Inglewood, California at the age of 90 to cancer. On Monday, January 18, 2021, her body was flown to Belize and arrived at the Phillip Goldson International Airport. A number of high ranking officials from Belize were there to meet her casket which was draped in the Belizean flag and received by the Government of Belize including the current Governor General of our country Sir Colville Young, the Prime Minister, and Leader of the Opposition Hon. Patrick Faber.
Chief Mourner & Sister of Deceased
“She was a dear, loving, caring person and she would give comfort to people who were in trouble and people who were having a hard time financially, they would come to her and she would help out. She wasn’
t a rich lady but she didn’
t mind sharing what she had with Belize. She loved Belize dearly and even during the four years of her illness, when she was with me in Los Angeles, I would hear her praying for the children of Belize and praying for Belize and I thought it was remarkable. As I grew up with her, Belize was always in the center of heart.”