{"id":116714,"date":"2020-09-11T19:46:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T23:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=116714"},"modified":"2020-09-11T19:48:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T23:48:04","slug":"calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Calypso and Cultural Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo has died.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Sir Rupert has been ill for some time now but his cause of death is not known.<\/p>\n

Rupert Philo began competing in the calypso art form when still a youth in 1961. His very first hit, entitled\u00a0Raphael Trujillo<\/strong>, recalled the story of a dictator of the Dominican Republic, whose maltreatment of migrant workers from Antigua and Barbuda was re-told upon their return home.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

By capturing their story in song, Swallow has immortalized the phenomenon of the Antiguan and Barbudan migrant worker, while showing disdain for Latin dictators.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calypso and Cultural Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo has died. Sir Rupert has been ill for some time now but his cause of death is not known. Rupert Philo began competing in the calypso art form when still a youth in 1961. His very first hit, entitled\u00a0Raphael Trujillo, recalled the story of a dictator […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCalypso Icon Sir Rupert "King Swallow" Philo Dies - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert "King Swallow" Philo Dies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calypso and Cultural Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo has died. Sir Rupert has been ill for some time now but his cause of death is not known. Rupert Philo began competing in the calypso art form when still a youth in 1961. His very first hit, entitled\u00a0Raphael Trujillo, recalled the story of a dictator […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/25080080_15097506250_r.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1286\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo Dies\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\"},\"wordCount\":109,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\",\"name\":\"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert \\\"King Swallow\\\" Philo Dies - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo Dies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert \"King Swallow\" Philo Dies - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert \"King Swallow\" Philo Dies","og_description":"Calypso and Cultural Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo has died. Sir Rupert has been ill for some time now but his cause of death is not known. Rupert Philo began competing in the calypso art form when still a youth in 1961. His very first hit, entitled\u00a0Raphael Trujillo, recalled the story of a dictator […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1286,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/25080080_15097506250_r.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo Dies","datePublished":"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/"},"wordCount":109,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/","name":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert \"King Swallow\" Philo Dies - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-11T23:46:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-11T23:48:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/calypso-icon-sir-rupert-king-swallow-philo-dies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Calypso Icon Sir Rupert “King Swallow” Philo Dies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}