Pan Trin­ba­go paid trib­ute to him in a state­ment on­line, ex­tend­ing con­do­lences to his friends and fam­i­ly.

The state­ment read in part, "Thank you for your sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to our cul­ture. Patrick ran a great race to the fin­ish line and Pan Trin­ba­go Cen­tral Ex­ec­u­tive, Re­gion­al Ex­ec­u­tive and Staff ex­tend our heart­felt con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly and friends, may the Almighty God give them the strength and courage at this time of mourn­ing."

Arnold served as pres­i­dent of the or­gan­i­sa­tion from 1996 to 2009