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'''Delano Franklyn''' ({{circa|November 23, 1959}} – February 10, 2023) was a Jamaican attorney-at-Law, a Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public and one of the founding partners of the law firm Wilson & Franklyn.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100830174626/http://www.wfbjamaicalawyers.com/</ref>
In 1998 he was appointed the Chief Advisor to the then Prime Minister of Jamaica, [[P. J. Patterson]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A costly journey to death's door and back|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/A-costly-journey-to-death-s-door-and-back_68981|first=Desmond|last=Allen|access-date=2020-07-18|website=[[Jamaica Observer]]}}</ref> In 1999 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 2000, he was among the distinguished graduates receiving the Millennium Award from the Mico Teachers College. In October 2002 he was appointed a Senator and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with special responsibility for the Jamaican Diaspora and Overseas Communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diaspora.org.jm/ |title=We're Currently Under Development! |website=www.diaspora.org.jm |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930105024/http://www.diaspora.org.jm/ |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Franklyn was the author and editor of several books: ''The Right Move - Corporate Leadership and Governance in Jamaica''  (2001), ''A Jamaican Voice in Caribbean and World Politics'' (2002), ''The Challenges of Change'' (2003), ''We Want Justice - Jamaica and the Caribbean Court of Justice'' (2005), ''Michael Manley –The Politics of Equality'' (2009), ''Sprinting into History – Jamaica and the 2008 Olympic Games'' (2009) and ''The Jamaican Diaspora: Building an Operational Framework'' (2010).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090605160944/http://delanofranklynbooks.com/ Delano Franklyn website]</ref>
Spouses -
Marcia Hartley (m.1994; div 2001)
Tricia Gray (m.2017-2023)
Children -
Tifanny Pierre, Maya Franklyn
Grandchildren -
Ra'sharni Pinto, Ramari Pinto, Cassius Pierre
Franklyn died on February 10, 2023, at the age of 63.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former PNP Senator Delano Franklyn has died |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/former-pnp-senator-delano-franklyn-has-died/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |publisher=Jamaica Observer |date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
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