Lewin hailed as cultural visionary

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Apr 12, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - JAMAICANS continued paying tribute yesterday to cultural icon Dr Olive Lewin who died in the University Hospital of the West Indies Wednesday night.
Lewin, founder of the Jamaican Folk Singers, was ailing for some years. She was 85.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller expressed profound sadness at Lewin's passing and described her as a cultural visionary.

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