Award winning Ghanaian music producer George Forest, who is known to have produced some of Ghana\u2019s biggest gospel hits, is reported dead.<\/p>\n
According to NYDJLive.com, his publicist, Yaw Owusu, said that Forest was taken ill and was admitted at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. He reportedly died on the early houses of Wednesday [August 31, 2016].<\/p>\n
\u201cHis sickness had been on and off. So we\u2019ll report to the hospital thinking it\u2019s malaria and return home but this time, the unfortunate happened. It\u2019s sad news and as I speak, we are at the hospital getting ready to take him to the hospital.<\/p>\n
The cause of death has not been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n
About George Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n Known in real life as George Yaw Owusu, the Kumasi based sound engineer has been the one behind some of the biggest gospel tracks that have been played on Ghanaian radio. He has worked with Cecilia Marfo, Obaapa Christy, Gifty Osei, Ernest Opoku, among other.<\/p>\n He is also credited for a number of Highlife hit songs including Nana Achampong\u2019s song \u201cAnka Ebeye Den Na Aye Wo Ya.\u201d<\/p>\n He got the Best Sound Engineer of the Year at the 2015 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Award winning Ghanaian music producer George Forest, who is known to have produced some of Ghana\u2019s biggest gospel hits, is reported dead. According to NYDJLive.com, his publicist, Yaw Owusu, said that Forest was taken ill and was admitted at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. He reportedly died on the early houses of Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":244605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n