NASSAU, Bahamas, March 23, 2023 — Dame Marguerite Pindling, former Governor-General, visited The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this morning to sign the book of condolences in honour of the late Eldred “Ed” Bethel, the renowned Bahamian journalist and diplomat, who died on Monday, March 13, 2023 at the age 82 at his Sugar Apple Street, Sans Souci, residence.
Mr. Bethel began his journalistic career at The Nassau Daily Tribune in 1959 under the tutelage of The Tribune’s Publisher and Editor Sir Etienne Dupuch and Sir Arthur Foulkes, who was at the time The Tribune’s News Editor. He subsequently began an outstanding career in broadcast journalism when he joined the News Department of Radio Station ZNS in 1963.
As a diplomat, Mr. Bethel served as Consul General to New York (2002 – 2007) and Bahamas High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to the European Union (2013 -2017).
Mr. Bethel is survived by his wife Dawne; daughters Lisa Bellot and Bianca Bethel-Sawyer; sonsmWayne Bethel and John Black; stepson Christian Adderley; grandchildren, Justin and Jordyn Bethel, Eryn and Selyna Bellot, Zoe, Syrai and Inger Black, Avani, Aziya and Ace Sawyer, Benjamin and Brooke Adderley; sisters Sonja (Annette) Poitier, Valencia M. Brown, Colyn Moss, and Marina Bethel; brothers Leslie and Rudolph Bethel; and a host of other relatives and friends
