{"id":419,"date":"2008-01-03T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T05:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=419"},"modified":"2008-01-10T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T17:27:17","slug":"terry-loses-fight-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Terry loses fight against cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTerry loses fight against cancer<\/a> – January 03, 2008
\nTerry Joseph’s Website<\/a> – trinicenter.com<\/small><\/div>\n

January 03, 2008
\nwww.guardian.co.tt<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

CULTURAL aficionado and writer Terry Joseph has died. <\/p>\n

Joseph, 60, who had been battling with prostate cancer for the past year, passed away around 7 pm yesterday at Douglasville in Georgia, at his wife\u2019s home. <\/p>\n

Joseph, a father of one, served as a cultural, political and football adviser to Fifa vice-president Jack Warner.
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\nIn a telephone interview last night, a saddened Warner expressed shock at Joseph\u2019s sudden passing. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis has come as a shock to me because Terry never showed signs of giving up…He always had the will to live,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he could have struggled, but he gave up.\u201d <\/p>\n

Warner said he had accompanied Joseph to Korea recently for treatment, which lasted a month. <\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, Warner said, Joseph returned to America, where his wife Laini Gilliam-Joseph lives. <\/p>\n

Laini is a gynaecologist. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe went back to America for additional treatment with the hope of getting better, because he was fighting for the past year,\u201d Warner said. <\/p>\n

He said Joseph deserved a grand send-off because he was known and loved by many. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever has to be done will be done,\u201d Warner added. <\/p>\n

Warner described Joseph as well loved. <\/p>\n

Joseph spent his last days happy and in the company of family and friends, says his wife. <\/p>\n

She said he knew he was going to die, and that\u2019s why\u2014despite feeling unwell\u2014he insisted on travelling to the United States to be with her. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was our first Christmas in our new home in Douglasville, Georgia,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe had Christmas dinner…it was nice and relaxing. We spent the day with family. <\/p>\n

Gilliam-Joseph said her husband was scheduled to return to Trinidad tomorrow, but when she realised his condition had worsened she rescheduled his flight for next Friday. <\/p>\n

In his final hours, she said, her husband mumbled a lot. He never complained of pains. <\/p>\n

\u201cI prayed with him. He did not want anyone in Trinidad to see his weaknesses. That\u2019s why he came,\u201d Gilliam-Joseph said. <\/p>\n

She said Joseph had chemotherapy two weeks ago and \u201cit was killing him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Joseph\u2019s wife said she had noticed signs of his illness two years ago, during a social call at Warner\u2019s house. <\/p>\n

www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2008-01-03\/news14.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Remembering ‘TJ’<\/a><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n

trinidadexpress.com
\nJanuary 04, 2008<\/i><\/p>\n

Members of the media and the cultural fraternity poured out their heartfelt support to the family of cultural aficionado and writer Terry Joseph yesterday. <\/p>\n

The 60-year-old, who had been battling with prostate cancer for the past year, passed away around 7 p.m. Wednesday at his wife Laini Gilliam-Joseph’s home in Douglasville, Georgia, USA.
\nFull Article : trinidadexpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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