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August 2, 2012

John Evans Atta Mills, the late president of Ghana
John Evans Atta Mills, the late president of Ghana

Ghana's President Died of Cancer

(TriceEdneyWire.com) –Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills died of throat cancer despite repeated visits to the United States to consult with specialists who were unable to prevent the spread of the disease.

President Mills apparently realized the finality of his condition, because he had sent a letter to Parliament saying Vice President John Dlamini Mahama should succeed him, according to news reports.

He died suddenly at a military hospital, Martey Newman, his chief of staff, announced on Ghana’s official portal.

Mills performed his last official function on June 3, when he toured the site of a devastating plane crash in Accra, Ghana's capital and largest city.

A scholar and a professor, Mills taught at Temple Law School in Philadelphia, Stanford Law School and the University of Ghana. He wrote several books on taxation.

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