Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall (30 September 1949 – 2 October 2020) was a

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comedian, historian, actor, producer and singer/composer. His work has a mostly Trinidadian character and lies in its extremely local nature. Hall starred in the 2003 situation comedy ''

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'' which was produced in Canada for

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but has also aired on

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and other television stations in the Caribbean in the years since it was produced. He was also featured in the 2007 Canadian feature film ''

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'', written, directed and produced by

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, as well as the stage play ''A Man in the Bedroom'', alongside fellow Trinidadian comedian

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in 2010.

Career

Sprangalang had originally wanted to be a school teacher due to his concerns over what children were being taught in schools in Trinidad and Tobago. He first appeared on the Trinidad and Tobago National Television Show

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, as the character "Draxi" on a segment called "Cultural Sprangalang". He was a lifetime member of the

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(TUCO). Hall suffered a seizure in June 2019, and died on 2 October 2020 at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. His brother, the playwright Anthony "Tony" Hall, had died a few months earlier.

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* *{{imdb name, id=1821572 1949 births 2020 deaths Male comedians Trinidad and Tobago television personalities