Broadcaster Dorraine Samuels has died at the age of 59.

Samuels, a long time employee of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, passed away this afternoon.

She had been battling cancer.

Her immediate family is asking for privacy at this time.

She entered the field of broadcasting in January 1981 by chance after her talent as a speaker was spotted while visiting Radio Jamaica as a finalist in the Miss Jamaica World pageant a few months earlier.

Soon, she was hosting her own shows – one of which was Jamaica Today, in a mid-morning time slot.

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