Walk good, Mr Stewart

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Walk good, Mr Stewart

JAMAICANS yesterday reacting to the news of the death of business mogul Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, remembered the Sandals and ATL Group of Companies chairman as a regular Jamaican who rose to great heights, and who gave back much to his country.Stewart, among other things, was remembered as the man who resurrected the country's airline, Air Jamaica, and who rescued the Jamaican dollar during hard economic times in the 1990s.

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