Charles Kinkead OD (3 October 1913 – 1 June 2007) was a

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and

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, whose career spanned more than four decades. Born Charles Harold Austin Kinkead, he worked as a

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for a number of Jamaican

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s during his career. Among the

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s who he worked for were ''

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'', the '' Jamaica Standard'', the '' Daily News'', and the '' Jamaica Times'', a weekly newspaper publication. While working at the ''Daily News'', Kinkead won the Seprod Human Interest Photograph Award in 1973. In 1978, Kinkead also won a national Jamaican award, the

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, "for his contribution in the field of photo-journalism". Kinkead moved to

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in the 1980s to retire. He died of a

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on 1 June 2007, aged 93, at a Florida hospital after becoming ill at his home in

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. He was survived by his wife and five children. A service of thanksgiving for his life was held on 14 June 2007 at the St James Cathedral in

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, Jamaica."Journalists hail Charles Kinkead at thanksgiving service"
, ''

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'', 15 June 2007.

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"Veteran photographer Charles Kinkead dies"
''The Jamaica Gleaner'', 8 June 2007. Jamaican journalists Male journalists 1913 births 2007 deaths Jamaican photographers Recipients of the Order of Distinction People from Pembroke Pines, Florida 20th-century journalists Jamaican emigrants to the United States {{Jamaica-journalist-stub