Former Trinidad Guardian sportswriter Rudy Ragbir who died at the Mount Hope hospital on Monday night, will be laid to rest tomorrow, following a service at his former home at 5 Penco Street, Chaguanas. The service will be held at 9.30 am under Vedic rites, following which he will be cremated at Waterloo. Ragbir, 66, was taken to the hospital after his health faded one week earlier. He leaves to mourn his wife Velma and son Regan. Ragbir started his career in sports writing in the Mirror as a trainee reporter in 1963. After the newspaper closed in 1966, he worked at the Express for a short period before joining the Guardian where he enjoyed a long and distinguished career. Ragbir covered several beats including Test cricket and international football and later moved up to the chief sub editor in the sports department.