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Former state minister Delano Franklyn has died

Published:Friday | February 10, 2023 | 8:19 AM
He had been ailing since last August when he was diagnosed with leukaemia. - File photo

Former minister of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Delano Franklyn has died.

Franklyn, 63, died at home early this morning.

He had been ailing since last August when he was diagnosed with leukaemia.

Franklyn, a former People's National Party senator, had been in and out of hospital since September.

In September, there was a public appeal for blood. 

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