{"id":240199,"date":"2016-08-17T19:05:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240199"},"modified":"2016-08-17T19:05:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T19:05:21","slug":"shirley-leila-djansi-others-eulogize-late-actor-kofi-middleton-mends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240199","title":{"rendered":"Shirley, Leila Djansi, others eulogize late actor, Kofi Middleton-Mends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Industry tributes have been coming in for Actor, Kofi Middleton-Mends, who died on Tuesday, aged 77, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after battling kidney disease.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter, Araba Botchwey, confirmed his death\u00a0to the media on Wednesday. He is survived by a wife and three children.<\/p>\n<p>He was a mainstay on television, stage and film production with his most recent film role coming in Shirley Frimpong-Manso\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Grey Dawn\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He was also well known for the \u2018Key Soap medo fo pa\u2019 TV commercial\u00a0which was very popular in the 90&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Until his demise, Kofi Middleton-Mends was also a lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian arts and culture icons like Deputy Tourism Minister; Dzifa Gomashie, Leila Djansi and Shirley Frimpong-Manso have paid tribute to the late actor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mends.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-240205\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mends.png\" alt=\"mends\" width=\"600\" height=\"679\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The late actor also starred in Leila Djansi&#8217;s &#8216;Sinking Sands&#8217; in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/leila.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-240206\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/leila.png\" alt=\"leila\" width=\"599\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Akumaa Mama Zimbi, know for acting with her stage work on &#8216;Cantata&#8217;, took to twitter to pay tribute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh Gosh, another mighty tree has fallen. Veteran Ghanaian actor Kofi Mends has died. May he rest in perfect peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mV3VNpG1ul\">pic.twitter.com\/mV3VNpG1ul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akumaa Mama Zimbi (@Akumaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akumaa\/status\/765923848667721728\">August 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comedian turned musician, David Oscar, also paid his respects to the late actor with the iconic quote, &#8220;What is on man&#8217;s mind?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Oscar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-240204\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Oscar.png\" alt=\"Oscar\" width=\"603\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry tributes have been coming in for Actor, Kofi Middleton-Mends, who died on Tuesday, aged 77, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after battling kidney disease. His daughter, Araba Botchwey, confirmed his death\u00a0to the media on Wednesday. He is survived by a wife and three children. 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