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Mighty Terror

The Mighty Terror (born as Fitzgerald Cornelius Henry on January 13, 1921 - died March 14, 2007) was a Trinidadian Calypso artist who had a long career. He career began in 1947 in Trinidad. He took part in recording sessions with SaGomes (1951), Christopher (1952) and Dial (1953). He moved to England in 1953, working his passage as a ship's fireman. In England he first recorded for [l=Melodisc (3)], making him labelmates with his long time hero, [a=Lord Kitchener]. Mighty Terror won the tile of "Calypso King Of Great Britain" at the 1957 concert which was to later become the Notting Hill Carnival. He returned to Trinidad in 1965, winning the Calypsio Crown the following year. He continued to perform in Trinidad until he became ill with the throat cancer which finally killed him in 2007.