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Seasoned actor, George Williams dies at 87

By Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah
The late George Williams
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 Just a few days after the passing of Highlife musician, Daasebre Gyamenah, another showbiz stalwart, actor George Williams has died.


The seasoned actor died on Monday at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after he fell sick at home and was rushed to the hospital.

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, in the 1940s, enrolled at the Buddy Bradley's School of Stage Dancing at the west end of London, one of the famous schools at the time, to learn how to dance but surprisingly, ended up acting rather.

Uncle George, as he was affectionately called, featured in several Ghanaian movies and series including, Ultimate Paradise, Mama, Genesis Chapter X and Bloody Kids.

Her left behind a wife and five kids.

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