And that description Musa offered of Price as impervious to political pain is indeed telling. In fact, some say, he was a stoic, even tempered - almost to a fault.
But, looking back at video of him on independence day in 1981 - then a still vibrant 63 years old - Price seemed almost mercurial as he arrived at the moment he'd been waiting his whole life fore.
With video from the archives department we look back at that day:..
Jules Vasquez Reporting
On September 21st 1981 in Belmopan, George Price was at ease his confidence visible, the fruits of his labor have come to pass, the field was line with supporters, the new citizens of an independent Belize.
Hon. George Price
"We continued our work, not only to build Belize to yet a greater levels of economic growth and social progress, but in doing so to remove causes of conflict and to cooperate in the economic development of the region."
The day before the press conference Price faced over 200 international journalists. And was at the height of his powers, he was sharp and gauged deliberately ambiguous and on top of his game.
Hon. George Price
"Independence, because we respect each other, they are not to interfere with our internal matters. I would say the fight against colonialism has ended and the British has done very honorably by caring out the process of colonialization under the obligation of the chart of the United Nations and for that we thank them. But we ourselves have said much has been done but much more has yet to be done and we felt with a state of independence we can do the much more that is yet to be done."
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