Just as we were easing into 2008 news came in that Andy Palacio had lost his fight for life and had been flown to his home country of Belize where he died on January 19th. The news was even more difficult to comprehend as he had such an extraordinary year in 2007 with so many awards an accolades.

GondwanaSound first broadcast this tribute on January 2008 and you can read the full script below.

Listen to the GondwanaSound Andy Palacio tribute.