Alebachew Teka, Ethiopian Comedian, Dies at 43
NY Times
Alebachew Teka, a comedian and talk-show host who was a television star in Ethiopia, died on Sunday when his car careered off a road and plunged into a ravine, the police and his friends said. He was 43.
Mr. Alebachew was driving from Addis Ababa to Jimma, 124 miles to the west, to film a documentary when the accident happened. A cameraman also died and another was seriously wounded, the police said.
More than 60,000 mourners attended Mr. Alebachew’s funeral on Monday in Addis Ababa.
Mr. Alebachew rose to prominence during the 1980’s in a satirical television show that was a hit under the military dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
