A Memorial Service for former Sports Editor of the Guyana Chronicle, Norman Brent Chapman, who died in New York at the age of 73 following a prolonged illness on December 26, 2022 (Boxing Day) will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the Praise Tabernacle Assembly of God Church in Watooka, Mackenzie, Linden.

To celebrate the life of Brent Chapman, the Thanksgiving Service will start at 13.00hrs and this will be followed by the interment at the Bamia Cemetery on the Linden Highway.
Chapman entered the field of journalism in 1975 as a general news reporter attached to the Guyana Graphic and stayed on when the Chronicle and Graphic merged. Chapman later joined the Guyana Broadcasting Service (GBS) where he rose to the position of Sports Producer.

In 1982, he returned to the Guyana Chronicle as Senior Sportswriter and later, Sports Editor.
The former Sportscaster at one time hosted a groundbreaking radio series featuring outstanding Guyanese sportspersons on Radio Demerara and was known for his forthrightness in his popular column “On The Ball” in the Guyana Chronicle.

He covered several international sporting events at home and abroad for radio and newspapers, notably the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1985 International Boxing Federation (IBF) world title fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey, between Guyana’s Terrence Alli and IBF lightweight champion Harry Arroyo.
Brent Chapman also served as sports correspondent for the Caribbean News Agency (CANA) and Radio Antilles.

Migrating to the United States in the late 1980’s, he pivoted and carved out a successful career as an editor in New York publishing and advertising.
Norman Brent Chapman is survived by his daughter Angelique and a large extended family.
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