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class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <div class="article-content "> <p> <strong>Edward Philip George Seaga, Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister and longest-serving Member of Parliament, has died.</strong></p> <p> He died in a Miami hospital today where he had been receiving treatment for cancer and related complications.</p> <p> Today is his 89th birthday.</p> <p> Seaga was the last surviving framer of the Jamaican constitution.</p> <p> At the age of 29, the former prime minister became the youngest person to be nominated to the Legislative Council (later the Senate) where he served for two years before he became a Member of Parliament until his retirement in January 2005.</p><div id="jg-newsletter-sign-up" class="jg-newsletter-sign-up"> <div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="block-title"> Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox </h2> <div class="block-content"> <a 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Relive his journey in pictures. <a href="https://t.co/l6LRsIdsz7">pic.twitter.com/l6LRsIdsz7</a></p> <p> — Jamaica Gleaner (@JamaicaGleaner) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaicaGleaner/status/1133480184349437952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> In 2008, he was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Technology, Jamaica and two years later he became the institution’s second chancellor after his predecessor, Lord Morris Handsworth, retired. </p> <p> A lifelong sports enthusiast, the former prime minster was chairman of the Premier League Clubs Association, one of Jamaica’s governing football bodies, from its inception until 2010.</p> <p> He also served as president of the football club of his former West Kingston enclave, Tivoli Gardens.</p> <p> On May 15 when Prime Minister Andrew Holness visited Seaga in Miami, he enquired about Jamaica’s football programme and was updated by the Sports Minister Olivia Grange.</p> <p> Seaga was born on May 28, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, while his Jamaican parents were on a visit to America.</p> <p> When he was three months old, he was brought to Jamaica by his parents.</p> <p> <strong>FAMILY</strong><br> 1965 - Married Marie (Mitsy) Elizabeth Constantine, the Miss Jamaica 1964<br> 1995 - Divorced<br> 1996 – Married Carla Frances Vendyres</p> <p> <strong>CHILDREN</strong><br> Andrew<br> Christopher<br> Anabella<br> Gabrielle</p> <p> <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-10-things-about-former-prime-minister"><strong>READ: 10 things about the former prime minister</strong></a></p> <p> <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-snapshot-his-political-journey"><strong>READ: A snapshot of his political journey</strong></a></p> <p> <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-vim-vigour-and-vitality-quips-and-quotes-former-prime-minister"><strong>READ: Vim, vigour and vitality… Quips and quotes by the former prime minister</strong></a></p> <p> <a href="http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20190528/edward-seaga-leaders-react-former-pms-passing"><strong>READ: Leaders react to former PM's passing</strong></a></p> <p> <strong>We want to hear from you! 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