Former president of the Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) Roy Hughes died yesterday in the United States of America following a brief illness. He was 67.Roy HughesHughes’s wife Debra Allicock-Hughes who is in Guyana,Cheap NFL Jerseys, told this newspaper last night that she received the tragic news of his death yesterday morning from his son. She said that she was shocked to learn of his death since she spoke to him on Saturday night and apart from a slight cold, Hughes was in relatively good health.She however informed that he was a diabetic.There are reports that Hughes,Jerseys From China, a father of two, died in his sleep.Last night friends of the former CCWU boss converged on his home to offer condolences to his wife and other relatives. News of his passing also shocked his longtime friend Jimmy Hamilton,Cheap World Cup Jerseys, who said that he spoke to Hughes on Friday last.Although Hughes had been travelling frequently to the United States of America,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, he left Guyana in June last year to reside permanently in North America.In 2008 Hughes took the CCWU to court after he was dismissed while he was in the US seeking medical attention.Hughes, whose name had been synonymous with CCWU, one of the major unions in Guyana, had applied for two weeks’ medical leave in 2007 for an amputation of one of his limbs. However, in that year,Wholesale Jerseys China, CCWU dismissed him for his unexplained absence.In Hughes’s absence,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, during the Congress, elections were held where new office bearers were voted in.