28 Sep 2009  |   12:00am IST

H Britton laid to rest

PORVORIM, SEPT 27 The mortal remains of Hermegildo Camilo, popularly known as H Britton, was laid to rest at Britona Cemetery on Sunday. Hundreds of people thronged Britton?s residence to pay their last respect to the departed soul, who passed away on Thursday after a brief illness.

H Britton laid to rest
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
PORVORIM, SEPT 27
The mortal remains of Hermegildo Camilo, popularly known as H Britton, was laid to rest at Britona Cemetery on Sunday.
Hundreds of people thronged Britton�s residence to pay their last respect to the departed soul, who passed away on Thursday after a brief illness.
Among politicians who paid last respect to H Britton were Aldona MLA Dayanand Narvekar and Goa State Planning Board Vice Chairman Dr Wilfred D�Souza.
Besides, several tiatr personalities came in large number to pay a tearful farewell to H Britton. Prominent among them were Tiatr Academy President Tomazinho Cardozo, Prince Jacob, Cyriaco Dias, Sabina Alvares, Adv Mike Mehta, Anil Kumar, Bond Braganza, Jessy, Diana, Sabina Alvares, Mario Menezes, Osvi Viegas, Patrick Dourado, Xavier Paclo, Xavier Mascarenhas, C D�Silva, Bab Andrew, Boneventur D�Petro, Maestro Agnel and Anceto Lawrenco.
Speaking to Herald, Tomazinho Cardozo said that he knew H Britton for the last 40 years. �H Britton was a great artiste who had won hearts of the masses. He used to play female roles to perfection. His contribution to tiatr will be remembered by the tiatrists forever,� said Cardozo.
Prince Jacob stated that the State has lost one of the talented artistes. �He was a good singer, who mesmerized the audience by his voice. He made a significant contribution to the development of Konkani tiatr,� said Jacob.
Cyriaco Dias said that H Britton was a good lyricist, singer and a good director too. �He had acted with me in 1960-61 and women used to admire H Britton very much for the female roles he used to portray on the stage. He was a good humorist,� added Dias.
Adv Mike Mehta described H Britton as a �pillar of Tiatr industry�. �He used the select subjects for his songs, which were of great interest to the general public. Hence his songs became very popular,� said Adv Mehta.
�In his death, tiatr lovers have lost a great stage artiste and the void that has been created cannot be filled,� said Adv Mehta.