stroke and prostate complications and was hospitalised at St. Clair Medical Hospital after he complained of feeling ill. Following an illness of several months, he died at St. Clair Medical Centre at about 6:00 am on 9 April 2014. In reaction, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said that he was "one of our nation's outstanding sons...but the legacy he leaves behind shall surely live on to inspire today's and tomorrow's generations." Honours In 1997 Robinson was awarded the Trinity Cross, at that time the highest order of Trinidad and Tobago. During the investiture of President Thomas Boni Yayi of Benin as a titled Yoruba chieftain on 20 December 2008, the reigning Ooni of Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Olubuse II, referred to President Robinson and his wife as previous recipients of the same royal honour. In May 2011, the airport in Tobago was renamed the A. N. R. Robinson International Airport, replacing the name "Crown Point International Airport". In November 2011, A. N. R. Robinson was the recipient of Tobago's highest award, the Tobago Medal of Honour. References External links A. N. R. Robinson's government biography Notice of death 1926 births 2014 deaths Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago Foreign ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Finance ministers of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Christians 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago lawyers Fellows of St John's College, Oxford Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago) Alumni of University of London Worldwide Alumni of the University of London People from Tobago People's National Movement politicians Democratic Action Congress politicians National Alliance for Reconstruction politicians Members of the Tobago House of Assembly Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation Recipients of the Order of the Caribbean Community