{
  "id": 6957300,
  "title": "Veteran gospel musician Bernice Offei reported dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/veteran-gospel-musician-bernice-offei-reported-dead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T16:39:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/veteran-gospel-musician-bernice-offei-reported-dead/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Veteran Ghanaian gospel musician Bernice Offei has died at the age of 63, according to Adom Online. The cause of her death remains unknown as of now. Offei was reported missing in Accra just days before her passing, leading to an urgent appeal from family, friends, and the gospel music community for information about her whereabouts. She was later found safe. Offei was a prominent figure in Ghana’s gospel music scene, with hits such as Hold On and Life Is So Short to her name.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "‘Life Is Short’ gospel music hitmaker Bernice Offei dies at 63",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/life-is-short-gospel-music-hitmaker-bernice-offei-dies-at-63",
        "published": "2026-09-12T14:40:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Gospel legend Bernice Offei dies at 63",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/gospel-legend-bernice-offei-dies-at-63",
        "published": "2026-09-12T14:47:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "Ghanaian Gospel Music legend, Bernice Offei dies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/ghanaian-gospel-music-legend-bernice-offei-dies",
        "published": "2026-09-12T15:07:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Veteran gospel musician Bernice Offei passes on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/veteran-gospel-musician-bernice-offei-passes-on",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:39:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}