Michael Denis Lett (December 8, 1938 – January 28, 2013) was a
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
from the island of
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
. He represented the constituency of
Saint David
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in the lower house of the
parliament
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from 2003 until his death, and since 2008 served as that nation's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He was also a Land Surveyor. He raised 6 of his children after the death of his wife, Dawne Lett (née Sylvester). He died in 2013 of
prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancerous tumor worldwide and is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality among men. The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system that sur ...
at the age of 74.
"Government Minister Denis Lett dies"
''Now Grenada'', January 28, 2013.
References
2013 deaths
Government ministers of Grenada
Members of the House of Representatives of Grenada
1938 births
External links
Campaign bio
(2003)
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