Jesse Ramdeo

Pi­o­neer­ing wire ben­der and mas man Al­bert Bai­ley has died at his home this morn­ing at the age of 86.

Bai­ley was dis­cov­ered un re­spon­sive by his daugh­ter at his Buller Street home in Wood­brook. A dis­trict med­ical of­fi­cer was con­tact­ed and pro­nounced him dead. 

Al­bert was the broth­er of mas icon George Bai­ley.

Bai­ley's daugh­ter Lee Ann de­scribed her fa­ther as an amaz­ing artist who was ac­tive in the car­ni­val scene up un­til his death. De­spite hav­ing both legs am­pu­tat­ed four years ago, Bai­ley con­tin­ued con­tribut­ing to the art­form, even de­sign­ing a cos­tume for his grand daugh­ter for an In­de­pen­dence Day event weeks ago. 

No date has yet been set for the leg­endary wire ben­der's fu­ner­al. On Sat­ur­day, cel­e­brat­ed mas mas Li­onel Jages­sar Snr passed away at his home in San Fer­nan­do.