British-American model Sam Sarpong committed suicide in October last year, jumping off a bridge in Pasadena, California.
His death was a shock to most, considering his popular stature and having not been noticed as suicidal or depressed- his family were just as shocked as everyone else that he would take his life.
News of the death of British-American model/actor Sam Sarpong shocked the world last week; with the fact he committed suicide quite difficult to digest.
Whilst it was known he jumped from a bridge to his death in California, a police press release sheds more light on the issue; showing perhaps a case of someone who struggled with some mental demons which he was unfortunately unable to overcome.
English-American actor, super-model, and musician Samuel Osei “Sam” Sarpong, Jr. unfortunately passed on at the age of 40 earlier this week.
As we reported, Sarpong committed suicide on Monday (26 October)- after jumping off a bridge in Pasadena, California.
English-American actor, super-model, and musician Samuel Osei “Sam” Sarpong, Jr. has died at the age of 40.
Reports indicate that Sarpong died on Monday, 26 October 2015 after jumping off a bridge in Pasadena, California.
Last week we brought you strong, Peter Mensah and this week we are looking at another hot, solid black man with Ghanaian roots making waves in the showbiz industry outside this country.
Sam Sarpong!!..
Sam was born in London to Ghanaian parents in 1979 and grew up in California. Most of you might not know him because his face isn’t exactly always acting.
If you have watched PUNKD, Keeping Up with the Steins, Sucker Free City, ER, Home Improvement, Boston Public, Glass Heels Duel of legends Lives of the Saints, Young Cesar, the Gary Marshall comedy, Love don’t Cost a Thing(which he is mainly known for) and several others including his own production ‘Nailed’, You just may remember his unmistakable Ghanaian looks.
This African brother is flying high with the big names` and yet he is interestingly a humble soul as he recently played the lead male role as Paul Unanga in the Nigerian collaboration ‘Anchor Baby‘
Show business seems to be in the blood for this particular man. His Dad apparently works as an executive with Warner Brothers and his sister June Sarpong has a long career of broadcasting in the UK and her own production company (Lipgloss Productions) to boot!
The multiple award winning and much talked about movie ‘Anchor Baby’ was given a successful redcarpet premiere yesterday at the Odeon Cinema in Greenwich, London…
Before heading to the premiere, I was not very confident that the attendance would mirror the hype of the movie since Anchor Baby was being premiered on a Tuesday instead of the usual Friday or Saturday. As we all know, It’s on the weekend that people are generally ready step out to catch fun with friends and family.
Contrary to the above, I was impressed with the diverse number of people who showed up at the Odeon Cinema to be part of the whole ‘Anchor Baby’ experience.
Learning from the past, even though the redcarpet was scheduled to start at 7pm, I could not be bothered with the TIME since I knew it would NEVER commence at the said time.
And I was right, the event started late as usual. Any time organizers fail to accord TIME the needed respect, they find an excuse for the delay and this time, the celebrities were running late for the redcarpet…LOL
In fact, they can run as much late as they want, we were starving and we even wanted time to grab some food so ‘dashed’ into the near by Nandos.
Probably we missed the fun part of the redcarpet while out there grabbing some Nandos chicken since the only celebrity we caught on the redcarpet was Monalisa Chinda. However, we later had the chance to meet the Director- Lonzo Nzekwe and the lead Actor, Sam Sarpong.
Apart from the late start, the whole organization was superb compared to the other African movie premieres I have attended. Ticketing was professionally organized, security was on point, and various people labelled ‘HOST’ stood around to offer help and customer service. The press men and women could easily be spotted as their accreditations gave them out.
After a successful showcase at various prestigious film festivals around the world and thrilling African movie lovers in Ghana, Nigeria and Canada to a great story, the award winning movie ‘Anchor Baby’ will find its way into selected UK Cinemas from Friday, 2nd September, 2011.
‘Anchor Baby’ which highlights the struggles of many African immigrants in the United States and other developed countries across the world will receive a theatrical release at the following UK Cinemas- Odeon Greenwich, Lee Valley, Streatham, Surrey Quays and Manchester Printworks.
Apart from the exceptional applauds the movie has received from those who had early opportunity in Africa to watch it, Anchor Baby has won several awards such as “Best Film” and “Best Actress” awards at the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival and “Best Screenplay” at the 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards.
