VETERAN businessman and the owner of WaterChris Hotel and Restaurant, Gregory Christiani, called “Peppers” succumbed Saturday after being ill for some time.

Relatives said the 64-year-old died from a brain aneurysm at a city hospital early Saturday morning.

An aneurysm is the bulging of an artery or cardiac chamber walls. There may be no symptoms, but, if the walls rupture, it can be fatal.

The Waterchris Hotel, 184 Waterloo Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, catered for touring international cricket teams and major regional and international conferences that were held in Guyana up to the mid- 2000s.

Christiani was described by many as an extraordinarily kind person, who went out of his way to help others.