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Oct 03, 2015 News
BASIL (BILLY) HARI TEEKASINGH, a politician from the Forbes Burnham era, and a former Parliamentary Secretary and an executive of the People’s National Congress, died peacefully yesterday, in Long Island, USA.
Billy as he was known to many was also the Principal of the Kuru Kuru Cooperative College, former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing and at the Ministry of Home Affairs, under the previous PNC Government.
Predeceased by his wife Mary, who passed 10 months ago and his daughter Judy-Anne, he was the Father of Michael, John, Paula Atchison, Andrea, Camille DeGroot, William (Junior), Christopher, Edward (David), Richard and Sarah-Lou
He was the father-in- Law of Dr. Peter DeGroot, Jesse Atchison, Rebecca Teekasingh and Tessa Teekasingh. He took pleasure in spoiling his many grand children — Tristan, Chantelle and Jessica Teekasingh, Peter-Michael, Raphael and Ashley DeGroot, Jared, Jada and Brandon Atchison, Scarlet Teekasingh, Michael and Jason Byrne.
He had one great grandchild. He is survived by his siblings Cecil, Joyce, Barbara, Ginger, Ulah, Indi and Norma.
Billy Teekasingh will be buried in New York.
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