Burgie died on November 29, 2019, at the age of 95, from heart failure, at his home in Queens.Jon Kalish, "Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95", NPR, November 30, 2019. His death was announced by Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley at the nation’s Independence Day Parade.
