Bob Santo’s funeral today

THE famous actor and comedian, John Evans Kwadwo Bosompem, popularly known as Bob Santo, who passed away on May 30 this year will finally be laid to rest at his home town, Akyem Awisa in the Eastern Region, today.

An obituary notice signed by Dr. I.K. Kwakye-Maafo on behalf of the family indicates that the body of the late Bob Santo will be laid in state at the Centre for National Culture (CNC) (Arts Centre), Accra on Friday, July 26.

The body will be conveyed to Awisa early Saturday morning, July 27, for burial to take place to be followed by funeral rites at the Awisa Methodist School grounds from 1pm to 6pm.

A thanksgiving service will follow on Sunday, July 28 at Akyem Awisa. The comedian-actor Bob Santo rose to stardom in 1990 when the drama wing of Nana Kwame Ampadu's African Brothers Band came out with their first cassette tape recording. The play, titled Ntwatosuo, saw Santo playing the role of a deviant servant in the palace of Nana Konfanko.

He became the leader of the Omintiminim Concert Party in 1995 when he and his best friend Abusapanyin Judas left African Brothers to go into film acting and concert party performance.

Santo has featured in several video productions some of which include Double Sense, 419, Banker to Banker, Marijata and Asem. He died at the West End Hospital in Kumasi after a short illness. He was 62 and was survived by two wives and three children.