Prof. Samuel Kpanbayeazee Duworko Is Dead

                                                            

LMC-PR-01—Monrovia-08-31-’20: - The Liberia Media Center (LMC) has announced the death of its Executive Director, Prof. S. Kpanbayeazee Duworko, II. Professor Duworko died at the John F. Kennedy Hospital on early Thursday morning of August 27, following a period of illness. He was reported dead upon arrival at the medical center.

    Mr. Duworko contracted the illness late March, and was hospitalized at the JFK for some months; but later recovered and returned to work for a few weeks before he fell sick again, and was taken to the JFK Hospital for the second time death upon arrival.

   The news of the death of Mr. Duworko was greeted with mixed feelings in the media community, with dozens of journalists expressing comments of condolences on his ward on the Facebook while others went at the LMC Compound to ascertain the shocking news regarding the death of the researcher, author media trainer and teacher.    

  The late Mr. S. Kpanbayeazee Duworko, II, an English lecturer at the University of Liberia, was a full member of the Press Union of Liberia. He was also an IREX Fellow who studied Media Leadership from the Sol Plaatje Institute (SPI) at Rhodes University in South Africa,   

   Duworko ascended to the directorship of the LMC in March, 2018. He replaced the founding Executive Director of that media development institution, the late Lawrence Togar Randall, following an interim leadership headed by Attorney Lamii Kpargoi as Officer in Charge for about five years.

   Professor Duworku authored and co-authored several books and journals, and wrote a number researched articles. He and the late Professor Joe Wolobah Mullbah, then Chairman of the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Liberia, along with some Ghanaian writers researched and authored the Liberian Elections Reporting Handbook for the 2011 elections of Liberia. He also authored an internship handbook for Liberia journalists for the LMC and conducted researches for local and international entities as contractor.

   The mortal remains of the late Samuel Duworko is was buried in Brewersville, outside Monrovia. He is survived by his wife and children.

   Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Board of Director, Mr. Charles Coffey have appointed Mr. Victor Mayue as the Interim Executive Dirextor.Announcing the news at a general Staff meeting, the Administrator and Finance Officer of the LMC, Mr. Jeeppelle S. Page quoted Mr. Coffey as saying Mr. Mayue will act  up to March 2021 to complete the tenure of the late Duworku.