By Aaron Humes: News has been received of the passing of Meritorious Service Award winner and singer and performer Nadia Evadne Cattouse, 99 who died this morning, Tuesday, in London - five days short of her 100th birthday.
The daughter of an educator, Kathleen Cattouse, and a politician, Albert Cattouse, who later became Deputy Prime Minister, Nadia followed her mother into teaching in Scotland and British Honduras before further qualifying as a social worker. But she first visited Britain in 1943 as a volunteer in the British Army, joining the Auxiliary Territorial Services and training as a signals operator in Scotland and as a physical training instructor in the British Army.
Her entertainment career came later, with albums and on television and in the theater - her hits included "Long Time Boy," "Yellow Bird," "Beautiful Barbados," "Brown Girl In A Ring," and "Red And Green Christmas."
To most, she will be remembers as a self-appointed ambassador of Belize - a point of reference for the powerful and a source of comfort for the many who followed in her footsteps. She is survived by two children and the many who met and lauded her throughout her long and storied life.
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