Gravy (born Labon Kenneth Blackburn Leeweltine Buckonon Benjamin; in 1955),[1] is a former entertainer, famous throughout the cricket world, for 12 years of voluntary entertaining of the crowd through a variety of antics at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John's, Antigua.[1]
Performances
editFor 12 years from 1988, Gravy entertained the crowd with a variety of costumes and performances in (and sometimes above) the crowd at the stadium: "Gravy is a performer. He cross-dresses and dances and writhes and swings from the rafters and puts on a show that you will not ever forget."[2]
His act began by chance: "It started to rain during the presentation ceremony, and the podium was left open. "Something told me, Gravy, this is your time. I went down on the podium, in the rain, and started dancing. Everybody was excited about it. They loved it.""[2] He was unpaid for his activities. When he retired in 2000, he did so while wearing a white wedding dress.[2] Since retirement, he runs a hardware stall in St John's.[3]
Shooting incident
editIn February 2004, Gravy was shot in the arm. He was driving home at 2 a.m. when, in his own words "a car overtook me and rang out four shots at me, and then I felt a burning on my arm". Gravy believes it was a case of mistaken identity, and has stated "I thought they took me for the wrong person. I don't know anybody who could point a finger at me".[4]
References
edit- 1 2 "Gravy profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
- 1 2 3 "The other side of Gravy".
- ↑ "The unmistakable Gravy".
- ↑ Wisden Cricinfo staff (22 February 2004), 'Gravy' recovers after shooting in Antigua, Cricinfo.com, retrieved 12 February 2009
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