{"id":45674,"date":"2014-01-02T11:36:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/target\/tributes-paid-to-king-eric-gibson"},"modified":"2014-01-02T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:36:51","slug":"tributes-paid-to-king-eric-gibson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/01\/tributes-paid-to-king-eric-gibson","title":{"rendered":"Tributes Paid To &#8216;King&#8217; Eric Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-45798\" title=\"eric-gibson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/eric-gibson-e1388680596337-250x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/eric-gibson-e1388680596337-250x215.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/eric-gibson-e1388680596337-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/eric-gibson-e1388680596337.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u201cKing\u201d Eric Gibson, who was considered one of the sailing and entertainment communities\u2019 brightest stars, passed away last Saturday after a long illness.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gibson dedicated many years to the growth and development of sloop sailing and regatta organisation and is chiefly responsible for the popularity of the sport which is enjoyed today.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson&#8217;s impact on Family Island economies and domestic tourism was profound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis contribution to Bahamian music, especially live native entertainment in local hotels and nightclubs, enhanced our cultural tourism product immensely and remains a blueprint for local cultural tourism development today.\u00a0 He is truly a cultural icon,\u201d said Bradley Roberts, PLP Chairman and family friend.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Roberts said his death is a great loss for the Bahamas as \u201cKing Eric\u201d has left behind a tremendous legacy of cultural achievement and national pride.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h48009-p6\">\u201cHe has left mighty shoes to be filled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mct-ai-attriblink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune242.com\/news\/2013\/dec\/30\/tributes-paid-king-eric-gibson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the complete article at tribune242.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;King&#8221; Eric Gibson was one of the 40 people included in the original \u201cBahamian Collection\u201d a series of fine art portraits of Bahamians that were exhibited at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), as part of the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Bahamas.\u00a0\u00a0 The collection is the first body of work resulting from the Bahamian Project, a three-year initiative sponsored by the NAGB and Popopstudios.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more information in the Project, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahamianproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.bahamianproject.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKing\u201d Eric Gibson, who was considered one of the sailing and entertainment communities\u2019 brightest stars, passed away last Saturday after a long illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":45798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[46,22,97],"class_list":["post-45674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-celebrities","tag-music","tag-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}