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Peacefmonline can confirm that Award winning Playwright and Director of the National Theatre, Efo Kodjo Mawugbe, is dead. The renowned playwright passed away in the wee hours of Wednesday September 14, 2011 at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital after being on admission at the health facility for some weeks. He was said to be fighting to cure a chronic Prostate Cancer which had been his major health challenge for some time now. A niece of the deceased, Beauty Amoah, confirmed the tragic news in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PeaceFM's flagship programme, "Kokrokoo", a short while ago. Colleague actor and playwright, David Dontoh, who has worked with the deceased both on screen and on stage, expressed shock at the news in an interview with peacefmonline.com. Efo was renowned for his writing prowess in drama. He was winner of the BBC's International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 with his play, The Prison Graduates. His play was selected out of 12,000 entries across the world.