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Comfort Annor

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Comfort Annor
Born
Comfort Otubea

1949
Adukrom, Eastern Region
Died22 February 2015 (aged 66)[1]
NationalityGhanaian
CitizenshipGhanaian
OccupationGospel musician
TitleDeaconess of Pentecost Church[2]
Children7

Comfort Annor (1949 – 22 February 2015) was a Ghanaian musician known for her soothing voice, which alternated between a mezzo-soprano and a contralto in the 1990s.[3][4]

Birth and death

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Annor, also known as Ama Otu Be, was a Deaconess of the Church of Pentecost and hailed from Adukrom in the Central Region of Ghana. She had seven children.[5]

Annor died on 22 February 2015 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, aged 66.[6][7][8] The cause was unpublicized, though she had liver and kidney ailments since October 2014.[9]

Songs

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Comfort's songs include "Asaase Dahɔ Gyan", "W’awo Me ɔba", "Abraham Sarah", "Mewo Agyapadeɛ" and "Hena Na W’aye".[10] Her major album is "Dom Hene", released in 2006 with ten songs.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Comfort Annor To Be Buried On May 30". peacefmonline. peacefm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Comfort Annor To Be Buried On May 30". Peace fm. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Veteran Gospel Musician Comfort Annor Cries For Help!...Kidney And Liver Almost Gone". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  4. ^ Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Veteran gospel musician Comfort Annor has died". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  5. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Comfort Annor To Be Buried On May 30". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  6. ^ adomonline.com. "Ghana News - Veteran musician Comfort Annor is dead". www.ghana-news.adomonline.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  7. ^ "OBITUARY: Gospel musician Comfort Annor DEAD| ENewsGh". Proudly Ghanaian! | ENewsGh. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  8. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Comfort Annor To Be Buried On May 30". Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  9. ^ "Ghanaian Gospel Musician Comfort Annor Has Died". AfricanSeer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  10. ^ "Gospel musician Comfort Annor has died". Graphic.com. Graphic online. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Dom Hene". Itunes. Retrieved 8 August 2016.