Opposition in Anguilla was even stronger, with the Anguillans evicting St. Kitts police from their island and holding referendums in 1967 and 1969, both times voting overwhelmingly to secede from St. Kitts-Nevis and remain a separate British territory. In 1977 Bradshaw travelled to London for talks on independence with the British government. Death Bradshaw died on 23 May 1978 of prostate cancer at his home in Basseterre. He was succeeded by his Deputy Premier, Paul Southwell. He is buried in Springfield cemetery in Basseterre. Legacy In 1996, Bradshaw was posthumously awarded the title of First National Hero by the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis and is honoured annually on National Heroes Day, which is observed on his birthday. On the inaugural National Heroes Day in 1998, the Golden Rock Airport in Saint Kitts was renamed the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in his honor. In 2007, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw Memorial Park was dedicated at his birthplace in St. Paul's. On 17 September 2010, the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw building was dedicated on the Windsor University School of Medicine campus in Cayon. References Further reading Alexander, R. J. and Eldon Parker (2004). A History of Organized Labor in the English-Speaking West Indies. Westport, CT: Praeger. Brown, Margaret and W. R. Louis (2001). The Oxford History of the British Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Burks, Edward (1967). "New Caribbean State Beset by Poverty and Revolt." New York Times. June 29. Hurwitz, Samuel (1966). "The Federation of the West Indies: A Study in Nationalism." Journal of British Studies 6. Knight, F. W. and Colin Palmer (1986). The Modern Caribbean. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. (1978). "Robert Bradshaw Dies: Premier in Caribbean." The Washington Post. May 25. Thorndike, Tony (1989). "The Future of the British Caribbean Dependencies." Journal of Interamerican Affairs and World Studies 31. 1916 births 1978 deaths Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis Trade ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis Recipients of the Order of the National Hero (Saint Kitts and Nevis) Saint Kitts and Nevis trade unionists Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party politicians Deaths from cancer in Saint Kitts and Nevis Deaths from prostate cancer British Leeward Islands people of World War II People from Saint Paul Capisterre Parish National Heroes of Saint Kitts and Nevis Members of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation