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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bc3e6a6f63070cf6ab8f794e5daa65f06e55ba01/402_0_3130_2505/master/3130.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fc019c9fcc257437294ca73bd8f1362c140112Trinidadian singer and songwriter hailed as a living legend and the greatest calypsonian of all time The singer and songwriter Mighty Sparrow, who has died aged 91, was quite simply the greatest calypsonian there has ever been. For at least five decades he was a monumental figure on the Caribbean music scene, while also capturing...