{"id":101647,"date":"2023-09-21T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/21\/family-announces-burial-date-for-veteran-artiste-akwaboah-snr\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:05:47","slug":"family-announces-burial-date-for-veteran-artiste-akwaboah-snr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/21\/family-announces-burial-date-for-veteran-artiste-akwaboah-snr\/","title":{"rendered":"Family announces burial date for veteran artiste Akwaboah Snr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The final funeral rites of veteran Highlife artiste, Kwadwo Akwaboah Snr, has been slated for Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day event will kick off with a wake-keeping, followed by the laying-in-state on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will follow suit at the Heroes Park, Kumasi Sports Stadium before interment at Trede cemetery in his hometown in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 1st October, 2023 has been slated for the final Thanksgiving Service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-20-at-2.33.15-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Family announces burial date for veteran artiste Akwaboah Snr\" class=\"wp-image-2296338 lazy\" title=\"Family announces burial date for veteran artiste Akwaboah Snr\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>His funeral comes exactly four months after his one-week observation held in his hometown.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly passed on at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, May 16 after a prolonged health battle.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the finest keyboardists the country has produced and a celebrated musician who owns credit to the hit song\u00a0<em>Awerekyekyere<\/em> among many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final funeral rites of veteran Highlife artiste, Kwadwo Akwaboah Snr, has been slated for Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1. 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