The Ghana movie industry was on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, hit with the sad news of the passing of veteran actor Prince Yawson, popularly known as, Waakye.
He is said to have kicked the bucket between the hours of 1:00pm and 2:00pm Tuesday afternoon after being rushed to the 37 Military Hospital the previous night.
Actress Grace Omabo aka Maame Dokonu is expressing her disappointment over how actor, Prince Yawson has passed on.
“Before Maame Dokonu’s comment, actor Ekow Blankson also told ghanaweb.com that Waakye “was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering from a mild stroke but upon getting there, there was no bed. Luckily one of the guys from ‘Obra’ who works at the hospital got him a bed after a while”.
According to her, Waakye was taken to Ridge Hospital but due to the lack of hospital beds, he was moved to the 37 Military Hospital.
“In a report by myjoyonline.com, Maame Dokonu affirmed the report when she said “at the 37 Military Hospital, they also had no hospital beds so he was attended to on a stretcher. Before they got back with equipment to attend to him, he gave up the ghost”.
Maame Dokono also revealed that they all attended a colleague’s 70th birthday party a week ago and he looked healthy.
She added that he will be missed a lot and his absence will be felt by the old and young due to his popularity in the country.
“We will miss him because he does everything for us. We have indeed lost a great person,” she said.
