Veteran actor, Kofi Middleton-Mends, will be buried on October 1,2016, his family has announced.
The late actor died on Tuesday August 16 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra at aged 77 after battling with kidney disease.
He was well known for the ‘Key soap medo fo pa’ television commercial, which was popular in the 90s and until his death, was also a lecturer at NAFTI and University of Ghana.
The family of the late actor, led by Emmanuel Antwi, officially announced the death of their beloved when they called on the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare.
The visit by the children and the family together with members of the creative arts industry was also to announce the date for the burial and the final funeral rites.
He commended the Minister and her Deputy Abla Dzifa Gomashie for their continuous support to the creative arts industry and its players.
Mrs Ofosu Adjare said the creative arts industry has indeed lost a great man and an industry player, adding that the late Middleton-Mends has inspired a lot of young people in the industry, who were now contributing their expertise for the sector.
“It is a loss to the whole country not only to the bereaved family,” she said.
The late Middleton-Mends was survived by a wife and three children.
Source: Dan Kwasi Prince// www.dailyviewgh.com /Ghana
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