Tributes pour in for Jayne Buckman- Owoo

SINCE the death of Miss Jayne Buckman -Owoo, an actress and a Staff Writer with Graphic Showbiz which occured on Friday, August 18, tributes have been pouring in from her friends and colleagues in the creative sector who continue to share fond memories of her and how they are going to miss her.

Describing Jayne as a charming and beautiful friend, movie producer, Socrate Safo said he used to call her ‘Corporal Lakour’ after a character she played in a move.

“It is quite unfortunate such a calm, charming and beautiful friend is no more. I call her Corporal Lakour because I featured her in a movie where she played the role of a detective and the character’s name was Corporal Lakour. Ever since, we have been friends and she will call to check on me and my family.

“The last time we met was at the Graphic Showbiz Forum last month where she invited me and afterwards served me some drinks and finger foods.

“If she needs anything from you, it is best you just give her and be free because you will not have your peace of mind. She was such a lovely person and I am personally going to miss her,” he said.

In the words of actor/playwright, Fiifi Coleman, “I was deeply saddened when I heard you were gone. I challenged the call. Texted you on WhatsApp right away and waited for a response. God indeed has you now and I know you’re at peace with Him.

“You were a special friend I could count on. While you may not be physically present, the impact of our friendship will continue to resonate in the lives you touched. Jayne, I will miss you dearly”.

Radio presenter Andy Dosty had this to say, “Jayne Buckman- Owoo, the affable, intelligent and sweet ‘dark black sister’. Her fights with me for not picking up her calls wouldn’t stop until I ‘pacified the gods with some coins’. OmG, I’ll forever miss her”.

Ellis Adjei, Founder of Golden Age Creative Arts Awards (GACAA) described Jayne as a great woman adding, “Dolphin House Production will miss you greatly. I appreciate you a lot and the time we have been together”.

A mass in commemoration of the one-week observance of the death of the renowned arts writer and actress comes off on Friday, August 25, 2023, at the St Theresa’s Parish, Kaneshie, near Awudome Roundabout, Accra at 7 a.m.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

The late Jayne Buckman-Owoo passed on Friday, August 18, 2023, after a short illness. She was 49.

In a life devoted to the creative sector, Ms Jayne, as she was fondly known, spent two decades of her journalism career at Graphic Showbiz and was also a popular face on television who hosted popular programmes such as Viewers Choice on TV Africa and on the silver screen featuring movies including Unfinished Business, Wedlock, Who Killed Okomfo Anokye, When Night Falls and A Call at Midnight.