RIP Rickey Craig: 1953-2006
Rickey Craig, the first chief executive officer of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), has died.The 53-year-old Craig, who served as Barbados Consul General in New York and previously held posts as president of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA), was found dead at his home in Barbados.
According to a report in the Nation News in Barbados, he had been suffering with kidney problems.
At the time of his death, Craig was a member of the BCA's board of management.
He was first appointed as the BCA's chief executive officer in August 2003, and held the position for just over two years. He was elected to the board in August.
Craig was vice-president, Corporate Properties Group, of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York from 1987 to 1995 before he became Barbados' Consul General in New York from 1995 to 1999.
* Editor's Note: Here's an interview I did with Rickey Craig in 1999 while he was serving as USACA president.