Gil Bailey

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{{Short description|Caribbean radio broadcaster (1936–2020)}}

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| birth_date = 11 January 1936

| birth_place = Airy Castle, St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|13|1936|df=y}}

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| occupation = Radio broadcaster

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{{Notability|Biographies|date=May 2020}}

Gil Bailey (11 January 1936 – 13 April 2020) was a Jamaican-American radio broadcaster, known as the "Godfather of Caribbean Radio"{{cite news |last1=McCallister |first1=Jared |title=Gil Bailey, the pioneering Caribbean radio producer and host, dies at 84, after 50-year career |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-gil-bailey-dies-caribbean-radio-pioneer-20200414-vaye2q5lb5hhxnqa6aat3ats7u-story.html |accessdate=16 April 2020 |work=Daily News |date=14 April 2020}} or "Godfather of Reggae Radio".{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Ruschell |title=Reggae Radio 'Godfather' Gil Bailey Dies from Coronavirus |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/04/15/godfather-of-reggae-radio-gil-bailey-dies-from-coronavirus |accessdate=16 April 2020 |publisher=NY1 |date=15 April 2020}} Bailey died on 13 April 2020, from COVID-19.