Veteran actor, Ekow Blankson passes on

Veteran actor, Ekow Blankson is reported to have died.

The actor, who was also into other private businesses, played different roles in many movies and television advertisements.

Borga, Frozen Emotion, Savannah, In April, Checkmate, Illusions, A Woman Scorned, Pool Party, and Famous were some of the movies he starred in.

Entertainment radio station, Hitz FM broke the news on its Twitter page.

See the tweet below:

He held a Masters’ Degree in Fine Arts and a Diploma in Theatre Arts (Drama) from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Mr Blankson also graduated from the Heineken Global Commerce University, Amsterdam, with a marketing certificate.

Career

Ekow Blankson has worked with media companies including TV Africa, Media General Limited and The Multimedia Group.

At The Multimedia Group, he was the Managing Director of Brands and Corporate Communications and General Manager (Luv FM and Nhyira FM) respectively.

He also featured and directed some Ghanaian movies, and until his demise he worked as the Commercial Manager at GhanaWeb.