Claudette Blackman dies at 72

Blackman left her home in South Trinidad and moved to Piparo with her husband in the 1980s when he became disenchanted with soca music and adopted a strict form of Christianity.

Both Blackman and her husband have given the country some of its well-known musicians among them Abbi Blackman, Isaac Blackman, Sheldon Blackman and more recently Nailah Blackman (her granddaughter).

Nailah was too distraught to speak but did confirm that she would still be performing at Kes’ concert, Tuesday on the Rocks today.

The family is in the process of finalising funeral arrangements.