Renowned fashion designer, Ricci Osei is dead
Renowned fashion designer, Ricci Osei is
dead
Accra (Greeater Accra)
27 August 2001
Renowned
fashion designer, Ricci Osei, is dead. He died at the Korle Teaching Hospital where
he was rushed after reportedly choking on food while eating in a restaurant.
Ricci Osei, popularly known as Saint Osei, was the
father of hip life star, Reggie Rockstone.
He is credited with the establishment of the first modern fashion studio in
Africa in the early 1970s but retired from fashion shortly thereafter. He was planning a comeback when he died. Ricci Osei was also the founder of Colour Chart Designs, a publishing company.
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