Edric Connor

Edric Connor
Argo Records sleeve design by Olga Lehmann
Born
Edric Esclus Connor

(1913-08-02)2 August 1913
Died13 October 1968(1968-10-13) (aged 55)
London, England
NationalityTrinidadian
Occupation(s)Singer, folklorist and actor
Spouse(s)Pearl Connor, 1948–68 (his death)
RelativesGeraldine Connor (daughter)

Edric Esclus Connor (2 August 1913 – 16 October 1968) was a Caribbean singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He was a performer of calypso in the United Kingdom, where he migrated in 1944 and chiefly lived and worked for the rest of his life until he died following a stroke in London, at the age of 55.[1]

  1. ^ Stephen Bourne, "Connor, Edric Esclus (1913–1968)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; accessed 12 June 2016.