Caribbean hotelier Gordon “Butch” Stewart dies at 79

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Jamaican hotelier who founded Sandals Resorts International and was a key player in Caribbean tourism has died. Gordon “Butch” Stewart was 79. Sandals International said in a statement Tuesday that the Kingston-born businessman who enjoyed playing dominoes and began selling freshly caught fish at age 12 owned at least two dozen companies and was Jamaica’s largest non-government employer. No cause of death was given. Stewart founded the first