{"id":402254,"date":"2018-02-18T14:41:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=402254"},"modified":"2018-02-18T18:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T18:48:49","slug":"ebony-buried-march-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=402254","title":{"rendered":"Ebony to be buried on March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns has set March 17, 2018 as the date for the burial of the late starlet.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by the family today [Sunday], February 18, 2018 during the ceremony to mark one week since the singer&#8217;s death in a car crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the family, they\u2019ve already set 17<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2018 as the date for the funeral but they\u2019ve not settled on the venue for the funeral,\u201d <strong>Citi Showbiz<\/strong>\u2019s Kwame Dadzie who was at the event reported.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402266 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4c1cac81-3247-48d4-b1b2-58b74dd766cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4c1cac81-3247-48d4-b1b2-58b74dd766cc.jpg 780w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4c1cac81-3247-48d4-b1b2-58b74dd766cc-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4c1cac81-3247-48d4-b1b2-58b74dd766cc-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The one week event was held at Dansoman in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Kwame Dadzie also reported that a number of sympathizers, friends and colleagues of Ebony from the creative arts industry all graced the occasion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402289 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-18.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-18-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402288 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-17.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-17-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ebony, whose real name is Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, was returning from Sunyani after visiting her mother who had returned from the UK, when the Jeep she was travelling in crashed into railings on the road edge of the road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402290 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-19.jpg 432w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-19-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402287 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-16.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-16-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402286 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"1032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-1.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-1-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402285 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-35.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-35-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She was travelling with three other people when the accident occurred, killing everyone but the driver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402284 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-34.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-34-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402283 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-33.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-33-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-32.jpg 432w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-32-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402281 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-31.jpg 581w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-31-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Police in their preliminary investigations revealed that, the\u00a0car collided with an oncoming VIP bus, when their driver tried to avoid a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/12\/residents-clear-heap-of-sand-after-ebonys-fatal-crash\/\"><strong>heap of sand<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in their lane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ebony-one-week-celebration-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"833\" 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The announcement was made by the family today [Sunday], February 18, 2018 during the ceremony to mark one week since the singer&#8217;s death in a car crash. \u201cAccording to the family, they\u2019ve already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":402258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,11],"tags":[623,15664,17160,17161,3],"class_list":["post-402254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","category-top-stories","tag-citi-showbiz","tag-ebony","tag-ebony-one-week-celebration","tag-ebony-to-be-buried-on-march-17","tag-ghana-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=402254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/402258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=402254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=402254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=402254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}