Soca Superstar Arrow passes

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Internationally acclaimed recording artiste Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell died on Wednesday one week after he had been airlifted to Antigua for medical attention.
The cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but relatives said Cassell, 56, who was taken to the Mount St John Medical Centre in Antigua, had not been in the best of health in recent months.
Cassell, who won the local calypso monarch competition on four occasions before focussing exclusively on his recording and touring career, shot to international fame with his 1982 smash hit “Hot, Hot, Hot”.
Among his other notable hits are “Long Time” and “Groove Master”, both of which also enjoyed success on the international charts.
Arrow was Grand Master of the San Francisco Carnival in 1994 where he met Harry Best. The two collaborated on two hit tunes, "Lolay Lolai" on the 1995 Classics album, and "Come Girl" on the 1996 album 'Turbulence".
"I was saddened by the news that my good friend Arrow had passed," Harry said. "I knew he was ailing but losing a friend is never easy accept."

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