It was earlier reported that popular Ghanaian actress in a well known Ghanaian TV series in the early 2000, ‘Things We Do for Love’, Marlene Anmortsoo Hutchful, popularly known in the series as Lois was dead.
Adjetey Anang (Pusher), the main character in the then movie on his Instagram page, however broke the sad news without stating the cause of her death.
The family, in a new development has stated in a statement what actually caused the death of their beloved. According to them, the actress died of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow with excess immature white blood cells.
“Our beloved Marleen was taken from us by an aggressive form of Leukaemia known as Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, which is essentially blood cancer.
“She had no hereditary traces of the disease, nor did we ever think she was prone to it. Alas, we lost her to it after a brief battle. She fought it as she’d never fought anything before. She was brave till she took her last breath.
“She would have wanted people to be better prepared, so this page is a start. If you come away from this knowing a bit more about Leukaemia, Marleen’s memory will be preserved”, part of their statement read.
“We would like to thank all the doctors that took such expert and careful care of Marleen. We will forever be grateful for the days you gave us with her”, the statement added.
In an earlier report on January 21, 2022, Actor Adjetey Annan (Pusher) in the ‘Things We Do for Love’ series shared snippets of the TV series with the actress captured in full character on his Instagram page and wrote a caption that read: In the year 2000 u joined the #thingswedoforlove family, u brought with you such youthful exuberance making your character as “Lois” a memorable one. Marlene, we part ways with u too soon! We thank God for your life and example, growing into a young lady with a passion to live for Christ. My deepest condolences to your family. The Lord will watch over them. RIP”.