Ghanaian veteran actor George Williams has passed away at the age of 87.
According to reports, he died on Monday night at exactly 11;30pm at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
A close relative told reporters that he complained of some ailment at his home and was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost.
Mr. Williams who taught at the Accra Film School is known for his pioneering role in the movie industry in Ghana.
He featured in several Ghanaian movies and series including, Ultimate Paradise, Mama, Genesis Chapter X and Bloody Kids.
Reports coming in
suggest that veteran Ghanaian actor, George Brigars Williams has died.
The actor died on Monday, August 1 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in
Accra, Ghana.
The veteran actor before his death had been acting for 50 years. The
late buried his wife in February 2013.
Mr. Williams, a British trained actor, was arguably an unrivalled
authority in filmmaking.
Uncle George was born in 1929 to a famous lawyer, Francis Awoonor
Williams whose ancestors are from Sierra Leone and his late mom, Nora
Rosemond Awoonor Williams.
He started his secondary education at the Aggrey Memorial School in the
Central Region, then to the Achimota Secondary School before ending up
at Adisadel College in 1941.
After leaving Adisadel College in 1945, he became a Lab Assistant at the
Physics Lab in Achimota for almost two years.
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