BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 15, 2008 - Caribbean360.com wishes to express its condolences to the family and friends of broadcaster and radio announcer, Terry Mayers who passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 40.
Mr Mayers died from complications associated with a severe asthma attack which he suffered on May 2.
He leaves to mourn his wife Janelle, six-week-old son Terrence Junior, father Walter, mother Julia, sister Rachelle and brother Stuart.
Media professionals across the country and in other parts of the region have been remembering him as a skilled man, dedicated to his work, family and friends.
Mr Mayers began his media career in 1989 at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a trainee radio announcer before being transferred to the sports department in 1996. He left the corporation in 2003 and formed his own media company, Amaya Productions, a year later.
He was also on the administrative end of sports, serving as the communications and playing a major media role as marketing officer for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. At the time of his death he was Public Relations Officer of the Barbados Olympic Association.
Mr Mayers was also a regular anchor on the Caribbean Media Corporation's (CMC) nightly Prime Time Caribbean.
"This is a huge loss," CMC Director of Sports Lance Whittaker said shortly after Mr Mayers' death.
"Terry was a gifted media man, highly skilled overall. His affinity for gadgets and gizmos made him especially comfortable in this new age of advanced technology in the media. He was earmarked for an integral role in our coverage of the Beijing Olympics."
He has also been remembered by former CBC general manager, Melba Smith, as a man who brought an intensity and dedication to any assignment he had.
"It is a terrible loss for a man so young but he has left an indelible mark," she said. "He was extremely talented and gifted."
Francine Alexander Charles, who was Mr Mayers boss, co-worker and friend through the CMC and the ICC Cricket World Cup, said he would be the first person she would choose to work with her because he was a true professional in the field, whose journalistic ability she had great respect for.
"His personality was one of a positive nature and he had a perspective of knowing how to lead but also how to support. I will always be thankful to Terry for his optimism during the World Cup experience. Everybody knew Terry because of that special sparkling way that he carried himself," she said.
Chris DeCaires, who was chairman of World Cup Barbados, described Mr Mayers as one of the most outstanding workers at World Cup.
"He was a competent professional with the ability to bring together a team with international and regional officials and volunteers. Everyone enjoyed working with him. Every time I had a meeting with Terry I could count on him being on time, having all the facts and being well prepared and he always thought about how he interacted with others," said DeCaires.
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