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Community newspaper executive Marva Brodie is dead
Marva Brodie
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May 13, 2026

Community newspaper executive Marva Brodie is dead

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marva Brodie, co-founder and director of the community newspaper, The News (originally Boulevard News), died from a heart attack at her Havendale home on Thursday, May 7.

She was 82 years old.

Her husband, veteran newsman and co-founder and managing editor of The News, Ben Brodie, told Observer Online that his wife suffered a seizure shortly after she woke.

She was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The funeral for Marva Brodie will take place at St Richard of Chichester Roman Catholic Church on 126 Red Hills Road, on Saturday at 10:00 am.

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