Popular artist Ray Styles dead

The CEO of Pencil Celebrities, Emmanuel Apraku, popularly known as Ray Styles, has died. Ray Styles, who was recently diagnosed with liver disease, died on Thursday, October 1. He was a talented pencil artist in Ghana but it became known to the public recently that the young man was battling liver disease and had been in a critical situation for some time now. In view of this, Ray Styles needed about $55,000 to undergo interventional surgery. Since he could not afford the amount, some family and friends helped him publicize it to seek financial support for him. This attracted donations from Ghanaians to support his surgery. More than enough funds was raised for him but his health deteriorated as time went by. By Sheena Pankani |editors.3news.com|Ghana