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HGP TV owner dies of heart attack

Feb 10, 2009 News

International recording artist and proprietor of the Halagala Productions (HGP) Television Station in Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, Terry Nelson-Fraser, died of a heart attack yesterday, 13 days short of celebrating his 72nd birth anniversary.
Nelson-Fraser who is also known as ‘Halagala’ and Omar Farouk, died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was rushed after complaining of pains in his chest.
News of his death shocked the entire village of Beterverwagting, since many residents, including his staff, had seen him leave his home in good health early yesterday morning.
His son, Nigel, told this newspaper that his father, accompanied by his wife, had left home to keep an appointment with doctors at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, East Bank Demerara.
Nelson was diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago, and had one of his legs amputated, which confined him to a wheelchair.
According to his son, Nelson-Fraser was scheduled to go to Cuba to treat his condition.
“On his way down from Diamond, he complained of feeling a pain in his chest. My mother thought that it was wind pain and gave him a sip of a diet drink.
But he began deteriorating more, and they took him to the hospital,” the younger Fraser told Kaieteur News.
He said that doctors tried their best for about 20 minutes, but Nelson-Fraser succumbed.
“The doctor said that he suffered a massive heart attack,” Fraser explained.
Nelson-Fraser was one of the recipients at the recent Accolade Awards for his contribution to music in Guyana.
Despite his physical disability, Nelson-Fraser continued recording music up to late last year.
Recording since the late 1960s in London, England and the USA, Terry Nelson-Fraser made popular tunes, including “Independence,” “Love on a Saturday Night,” “We welcome Independence to Guyana” in 1966, and “Dem Seh.”
He also recorded a song paying tribute to the new US President Barrack Obama, which was released late last year.
“He was still writing and recording songs. But he did all those recordings while he was overseas. While he was in London, he did “Caribbean Man” and a couple others. When he was in the United States last November-December, during the American elections, he did “Nancy on the Hill,” which pertained to Obama and Wall Street,” his son stated.
Nelson-Fraser established the HGP Television Station in 1993.
His son assured that his death will in no way affect the operations of the television station.
“I have been managing the station since 2005, when I returned to Guyana because of the amputation of his leg and the fatigue. But we’re gonna carry on the legacy, the dream, everything,” Nigel Fraser assured.
Terry Nelson-Fraser leaves to mourn his wife and six children, one of whom has followed in his father’s footsteps in the music industry in London.
Relatives indicated that they are contemplating broadcasting the funeral service live from the television studios in Beterverwating. The date has not yet been determined.

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