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Ghana’s actors’ guild president passes on

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In from Ahmed Boulor . . .

The movie industry in Ghana has been thrown into sadness following the death of the President of Ghana’s Actors Guild, Rev. Eddie Coffie who passed away in the early hours of Friday October 30th after a brief illness.

Rev. Coffie passed on after being admitted at the Ridge Hospital in Accra and sources revealed that the family of the deceased would like to keep the details of the Reverend’s death private until they are able to make a formal announcement.

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The actor who was said to have been battling an unknown ailment for some months and went into coma a week ago was elected president of Ghana Actors Guild (GAG), the umbrella body for Ghanaian actors in October last year, 2014.

He took over from Nii Odoi Mensah who had been the guild’s president for several years and he was deputised by veteran actress, Vivian Achor.
The late actor was also the Greater Accra Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches (GPCC).

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