Baha’is honoured by HM Queen

by Barney on 31 December 2008

I was glad to learn that a number of Baha’is have been awarded honours in The Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Earl Cameron

I am particularly happy that an old friend and veteran actor Earl Cameron, has received the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama. You can read more about Earl’s interesting and ground-breaking career here. From his early days in film in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Earl would only accept roles that challenged the then current racial stereotypes and opened the door for other Black actors to get good roles in film and on TV.

New Zealand Baha’is honoured

Earl was not the only Baha’i to receive honours this year. Hollywood composer Russ Garcia and his wife Gina, a singer – both now resident in New Zealand – have received the Queen’s Service Medal for their services to music. And TV presenter Mabel Wharekawa-Burt has received the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to performing arts and the community.

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{ 7 comments }

1 Simon Cameron 31 December 2008 at 18:26: Those are very kind things you said about my dad, Barmey, thank you!
2 Simon Cameron 31 December 2008 at 18:28: Oops, I meant Barney. Sorry for the typo.
3 Barney 31 December 2008 at 20:03: No worries about the typo, Simon.

I’m so glad your dad received this honour. He really does deserve it.
4 Simon Cameron 3 January 2009 at 19:24: True.
5 Jim Holmlund 9 January 2009 at 22:55: Sorry Barney, botched this one up by doing an edit. Simply wanted to say not to forget Northern Ireland’s, and more importantly now India’s Jimmy McGilligan OBE. I think he got it in the Queen’s birthday honours 2008.

Here’s a link that talks about it: http://barli.org/blog/2008/06/24/our-manager-jimmy-mcgilligan-awarded-obe/
6 Barney 11 January 2009 at 09:08: Many thanks for this, Jim. Jimmy certainly received a much deserved OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2008 – and we must not forget the Northern Ireland connection!
7 Steve Marshall 12 January 2009 at 20:49: It seems Earl Cameron is better known in the Solomons as B-Kool Dairy ice-cream man.