Veteran Liberian journalist and managing publisher of the Inquirer Newspaper, Philip Wesseh is dead.
According to report, Mr. Wesseh died in Monrovia Wednesday following a protracted illness.
At one occasion, he was flown to Ghana following a financial assistance from Liberian President George Weah for advanced treatment and later return home.
After his return to Liberia, he remained in wheelchair as he was said to be recovered but the condition later deteriorated.
The Liberian journalist who mentored many young media practitioners in the country was recently inducted into the Press Union of Liberia’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his immense contribution to the Liberian media landscape. He did not attend the ceremony due to failing health.
Mr. Wesseh founded the Inquirer in 1993 after a stay with the Daily Observer in the late 1980s.
Many Liberian journalists have since described the death of Atty. Wesseh as a great loss to the media landscape of Liberia. He was also a mass communication lecturer at the state-run University of Liberia.
