Sir Paul Scoon, who has died aged 78, was Governor-General of Grenada when a Marxist prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was imposed by a coup in 1979. He was still there four years later, when Bishop ...

A staunch Catholic, Scoon suffered from diabetes and had been in poor health for some time. He was granted a state funeral and his death was massively mourned by his fellow Grenadians. Sir Paul ...

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada – Paul Scoon, who was Grenada's governor general during the U.S. invasion of the small island in 1983, has died in his Caribbean homeland. He was 78. In announcing his ...

NEW YORK — Paul Scoon, who vaulted from the mainly ceremonial post of governor general of Grenada to the role of power broker when the United States invaded his Caribbean nation in 1983 ...

Born: July 4, 1935; Died: September 2, 2013. Sir Paul Scoon, who has died aged 78, was Governor-General of Grenada when the former British colony, best-known for its beaches, nutmeg, mace and ...