Renowned ca­lyp­so arranger Ken­ny Wal­lace passed away peace­ful­ly in his sleep on Sun­day in Schaum­burg, Illi­nois, in the Unit­ed States. Wal­lace was the cre­ative force be­hind ma­jor hits such as Ras Iley's "Spring Gar­den On Fire" and oth­er Crop Over hits. He arranged ca­lyp­sos for Chalk­dust, Red Plas­tic Bag and Mac Fin­gall of Bar­ba­dos and many oth­ers.

Be­fore he mi­grat­ed to the Unit­ed States, Wal­lace was al­so a cel­e­brat­ed Com­mon En­trance teacher at All Saints An­gli­can, St Mar­garet's EC and Holy Name Prepara­to­ry. He is sur­vived by his wife, Es­la, a re­tired teacher at St Agnes An­gli­can School, their son Kevin Wal­lace and his daugh­ter Daphne. He was the grand­fa­ther of Kia and Dy­lan Wal­lace; broth­er of Pauline Gon­za­les of Lon­don, Eng­land and Ber­nice Gibbs of New York. Wal­lace's fu­ner­al ser­vice will take place at Life Chang­ers In­ter­na­tion­al in Illi­nois on Sat­ur­day.