Gordon Stewart, who bought a rundown beachfront hotel in his native Jamaica and built it into a chain of all-inclusive resorts as the founder of Sandals Resorts International, died on Monday. His death was confirmed in a statement from his family, who did not give a cause or say where he died, other than to say that he died in the United States. A son, Adam Stewart, said in an interview on Tuesday that his father’s death was related to a recent medical diagnosis that Mr. Stewart, who was known as Butch, had kept private because he did not want to “be anyone else’s burden.”“He didn’t even want his closest friends to worry for him,” Adam Stewart said. Despite his illness, Mr. Stewart had continued to work long hours until the end of his life, his son said.

Source: International New York Times January 05, 2021 23:03 UTC