Funeral for entertainer killed at Judgement Yard set for Sunday
Published:Saturday | September 17, 2022 | 12:05 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer
The funeral service for Horace ‘Culture Dan’ Clarke, the Rastafarian entertainer and Twelve Tribes of Israel soldier, who was gunned at Sizzla Kalonji’s Judgement Yard in August Town on June 19, will be held on Sunday.
Culture Dan’s sister, Colleen Rose, told The Gleaner that the service will be held at the Duncan’s Cemetery in Trelawny.
“We are going to put a tent in the cemetery and use there. The service starts at 11 o’clock Sunday morning, and there will be a viewing from 10-10:45,” Rose said.
She remembered her 56-year-old brother, who was the father of 11 children, as “a sweetheart” who did not deserve such a violent death.
“My brother Dooly was a sweetheart. He and I grew up together. I had to take care of him in my mom’s absence ... He was my baby brother. We will all miss him ... his stories and his laughter. It was always fun being around him. Sleep in peace, my baby brother, til we meet again,” she said poignantly.
Rose hailed Culture Dan as an ardent member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, which he was a part of from 1985.
She also shared that he was a DJ on Jah Love Muzik in its heyday, with the likes of Brigadier Jerry, Josey Wales and Charlie Chaplain. Culture Dan accompanied them on tour in 2010 to Garance Festival in France. At that event, both he and Brigadier Jerry shared honours on the mic.
One of the feathers in his musical cap was his collaboration was Sangie Davis, titled Words of my Mouth, which was recorded for a Japanese entity.
Sources close to Culture Dan reported that “owing to his love for the music, he found himself at Judgement Yard”, where he was around Sizzla for close to two years. Residents in August Town reportedly described Culture Dan as “a hard worker who was instrumental in several construction projects taking place at the Judgement Yard compound”.
At the time of Culture Dan’s killing, the St Andrew Central police reported that about 11:15 p.m. on June 19, gunmen invaded Judgement Yard, which has several houses, a restaurant, a studio and a museum, and opened fire at a Rastafarian man known only by his alias, ‘Culture’. He reportedly died on the spot.
At least 11 spent shells were found at the scene of the shooting, the police said.