World renowned Jamaican studio engineer and music producer, Errol "ET" Thompson, is to be buried on Saturday, November 27. Thompson, 55, died in the University Hospital of the West Indies last Saturday night following a stroke.

According to music producer Joe Gibbs, who had been associated with Thompson for the past 30 years, he had left him in relatively high spirits at the hospital on Friday but by Saturday he appeared to have deteriorated and never recovered. He died shortly after 10:00 pm

Saturday, he is to be buried at Dovecot after church service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on November 27.

Thompson is regarded internationally as one of Jamaica's greatest studio engineers and with Gibbs, the duo known as the "Mighty Two" produced many top 10 songs including such memorable number one singles of the 1970s as Althea and Donna's Uptown Top Ranking, Nicky Thomas' Love Of The Common People, JC Lodge's Someone Loves You Honey, Dennis Brown's Money In My Pocket In My Pocket and How Could I Leave, and the Marcia Aitken version of I Am Still In Love With You Boy, which was eventually translated into Sean Paul's most recent hit single.

Thompson and Gibbs had collaborated up to just over a week ago inside the studio and should have continued work on a number of projects when he had the stroke. Gibbs said Thompson complained that he felt like "something burst" inside his head after the session and was hospitalised.

"He wasn't doing well Thursday, but he came around Friday but when I went back Saturday morning he didn't look good at all. He looked like he had another stroke and he didn't come around from that," Gibbs said.

Gibbs and Thompson started working together in 1974, after Thompson left his original studio, Randy's, located at North Parade, in Kingston.

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