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Miles away in Accra, Ghana, a military icon turned political liberator Jerry Rawlings has rested. According to Reuters, former West African leader who transitioned from the military to the country’s top seat succumbed to Covid-19 at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra, Ghana at the age of 73. He had spent more than one week in the hospital after being admitted.
Encyclopedia. com reveals that Jerry Rawlings was born to a mixed-race couple on June 22, 1947. His mother, Victoria Agbotui, was a Ghanaian woman drawn from the Ewe ethnic group while his father was Scottish. Jerry grew up and married his wife Nana Konado Agyeman with whom they have two daughters.
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