Retired Triniad-born educator Radcliffe Arthur Corbie died at the North York General hospital in Toronto on December 18 last. He was 87.

His wife, Sharon,  told The Caribbean Camera that he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and died a few days later.

Corbie left Trinidad in 1957 for Canada to attend the University of British Columbia (UBC).

After leaving UBC, he taught school for several years in Rossland and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.

In 1970, Corbie moved to Toronto and taught science at Stephen Leacock Collegiate in Scarborough  for 27 years.

His wife said that after his retirement in 1998. he ” continued to keep busy,

” He never lost his impressive dance moves and returned for the annual Carnival in  Trinidad even in his eighties.”

His friends recall that he was a keen sports lover with a special interest in tennis and football.

Retired mathematics teacher Bevil Barrow,a longtime friend of Corbie,  also recalls that he (Corbie) was an amateur gardener who made some of the “hottest pepper sauces in Toronto.”

He made the  condiments from the peppers in his own garden, Barrow said.

No funeral service was held for the late Radcliffe  Corbie in keeping with his wishes, his wife said.