Pan Trin­ba­go has paid glow­ing trib­ute to the late Sir El­lis Clarke, re­call­ing "his ap­pear­ances on the streets of Port-of-Spain dur­ing J'Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions and his par­tic­i­pa­tion in a good Tri­ni chip to a steel­band."

Sec­re­tary of the steel­band or­gan­i­sa­tion, Richard Forteau, said in a state­ment: "We ex­press our deep­est con­do­lences to his im­me­di­ate fam­i­ly and close ac­quain­tances. "Trinidad and To­ba­go has lost a great icon who has served in many roles from se­nior pub­lic ser­vant, diplo­mat and Gov­er­nor-Gen­er­al to be­ing our first Pres­i­dent.

"On be­half of the en­tire steel­pan fra­ter­ni­ty, we ac­knowl­edge, with thanks, the ex­tent of Sir El­lis' con­tri­bu­tion to the na­tion­al life which spanned the eco­nom­i­cal to recre­ation­al." The state­ment con­tin­ued: "It is in­cum­bent up­on our na­tion that we re­flect on the very valu­able con­tri­bu­tions made by a re­al man, one who avoid­ed the temp­ta­tion of van­i­ty but sought to share with oth­ers his God-giv­en tal­ents. "May the Good Lord re­ceive Sir El­lis in glo­ry."