The Editor, Sir:

The family has been so pleased and stimulated by the worldwide response to Perry. I really enjoyed Sunday's editorial but I would like to add a few words.

The Harder They Come came out in '72. Since then, Perry has written two books, Power Game and Cane; staged a play at Ward Theatre named Garvey on his centenary; written diverse pieces for The Gleaner and other publications; had the musical of The Harder They Come play to packed houses in London from March till June of last year; written short stories, and released No Place Like Home, his second movie, both in the Toronto Film Festival and two nights ago at Flashpoint in Negril. I would like to suggest that No Place Like Home represents a new genre of film-making that will inspire provocative young minds.

"Spontaneous footage set the standard that the acting would have to meet", he said in a radio broadcast in September of this year.

I also would like you to know that inspiration never left him and even on the last day of his life he was lost in thought, and the troubles of Iraq and the Middle East were preoccupying his mind.

I am, etc.,

SALLY HENZELL