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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Veteran Tobago journalist dies

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Casandra Thompson-Forbes
2340 days ago
20190221
Karl Cupid

Karl Cupid

Long-stand­ing mem­ber of the To­ba­go me­dia fra­ter­ni­ty, Karl Cu­pid has died.

Cu­pid, 69, of Char­lot­teville, To­ba­go worked ex­ten­sive­ly with the To­ba­go News and lat­er News­day be­tween 1984 up to his re­tire­ment in 2014.

Cu­pid died at the Mt Hope Hos­pi­talon Thurs­day, af­ter ail­ing for some time.

He was de­scribed as a jour­nal­ist with in­tegri­ty and stan­dards.

In ex­press­ing con­do­lences, his for­mer me­dia col­league and friend Er­ic Pow­der de­scribed him as a gen­uine hu­man be­ing.

“We had some mem­o­rable mo­ments at To­ba­go News. A bril­liant mind and ob­jec­tive thinker who al­ways tried to ad­vise and guide his younger me­dia col­leagues. If there’s one wish in Karl’s mem­o­ry is for young jour­nal­ists in To­ba­go to have re­li­able sources and ver­i­fy in­for­ma­tion be­fore print­ing of broad­cast­ing. As Comp­ton Delph had taught us, “If in doubt, leave out,” Pow­der said.

Re­porter Kin­nesha George-Har­ry who worked close­ly with Cu­pid for many years said he will be re­mem­bered for his work in the me­dia, in which he be­came well-known and re­spect­ed. She said Cu­pid and his pen were in­sep­a­ra­ble.

“He saw jour­nal­is­m as a con­tin­u­ing ad­ven­ture for which he was al­ways well pre­pared. He was a tremen­dous re­source with an acute eye for news —the ul­ti­mate news re­porter. His love for writ­ing and re­port­ing be­came his life’s work—one he pur­sued with pas­sion, pro­fes­sion­al­ism and com­mit­ment. To me, he was al­ways a jour­nal­ist. He was a lov­ing spir­it, he brought joy to the To­ba­go Bu­reau, yet with all the ac­cess he had to peo­ple in the many cir­cles, he al­ways re­mained a hum­ble per­son. He would def­i­nite­ly be missed,” George-Har­ry said.

Cu­pid leaves to mourn his son Kar­lon Cu­pid.

Fu­ner­al arrange­ments are yet to be made.


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