Ghana has lost one of its most cherished musical icons, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.

He died in the early hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Bank Hospital in Accra, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.

Sources close to the family confirmed that the highlife maestro was admitted days earlier and died at dawn.

By midday, a large number of fans and sympathisers had gathered at his East Legon residence in Accra, stunned by the news of his passing.