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Sir Lynden O. Pindling, Former Bahamas Prime Minister, Dies At 70.(Obituary)
Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, who was the prime minister of the Bahamas for 25 years, recently died of prostate cancer at his home in Nassau. He was 70.
Sir Lynden became premier in 1967 and held the position until 1992. Throughout his tenure as prime minister, Sir Lynden led the Bahamas through a transition from a British colony to independence in 1973. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1983.
Sir Lynden was the second man to head a government in the Bahamas at the time when the tiny colony adopted a ministerial form of government in January 1964, and, at that time, he was the first to be chosen under its new constitution.
When Sir Lynden was …
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News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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May 16, 2002
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News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire
November 30, 2006
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May 16, 2002
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...Gables, Geralyn Graham said she was born in the Bahamas. She has claimed to be the daughter of the late former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling. But Alamo Rent-a-Car, in its lawsuit with Graham, produced a birth certificate showing she...
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Press release article from: Business Wire
June 26, 2000
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...Boston Strangler, Patricia Hearst, the Attorney-General David Norvell, Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald, Prime Minister Sir Lynden O. Pindling, and O. J. Simpson. A distinguished speaker with over 2500 public appearances at universities...
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Magazine article from: Jet
March 19, 2007
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...activist Jean Childs Young, Marian Wright Edelman, founder, Children's Defense Fund, the late Bahama Islands Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling and the late boxing legend Joe Louis. The walk, established in 2004 by Xernona Clayton, now includes...
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Magazine article from: New African
Goodwin, Clayton
June 1, 2003
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