A Special Tribute to Fred Deshield

Published:  18 April, 2008

The man Freddie D has momentarily disappeared but he is not dead. No, I know Freddie cannot die cause we have some unfinished business about arts and culture in Liberia. Anyone who knew Fred will agree with me that the man never ran out of ideas when it came to the performing arts in Liberia. He had a lifetime dedication to arts and culture in Liberia. I have known him since the early seventies and I just can't record any point in time when I saw Fred in an angry mood. Freddie never hurt a fly, never a human being. He was a very simple and humble gentleman who bled inside whenever things went wrong.

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