Dr. Richard Kirkwood, a member of Casual-T, the ‘80s singing group comprising medical

doctors, died on March 2 in New York. He was 76. He had recently retired and was diagnosed

with colon cancer in August 2021. Kirkwood, who had performed with bands like Bare

Essentials and the Presidents, met Leonard Miller, Audley Betton, and Roberts while they were all medical students at the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies, and they formed

Casual-T in 1979. Casual-T had a big hit with the song Let’s Hold On.