Staff Reporter: Ahmed Musa, a New York ( USA) expatriate journalist, writer and playwright, has died. He died Saturday (April 18) at a US hospital. He had been suffering from incurable cancer for a long time. He was 68 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Zakaria Masud Ziko, editor of the weekly Aajkal published from New York, confirmed the news of his death.
Ahmed Musa has long had lung problems and was diagnosed with cancer a year ago. Chemotherapy was going on.
He has been living in the United States for almost a decade. He was physically very ill. During the winter in New York, he had difficulty breathing because of a lack of oxygen in the air. The last time he spoke, he said he was thinking of moving to the temperate state of Florida. But he did not go to Florida. He left New York for his son’s workplace in Missouri. He used to live in both places as a result of regular visits to his son and daughter’s house.
Ahmed Musa came to New York in 2011. He came to the United States with his wife to become an immigrant in the United States in the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery and began his life in exile. Then his son and daughter came to the United States. While in New York, he was the editor of the New York-based weekly Aajkal for about three years.
Ahmed Musa, a journalist, writer and playwright, has been mourned by people from all walks of life, including various social and cultural organizations in the United States. Members of the Editors’ Council, comprising the editors of New York’s top eight newspapers, also expressed their condolences. They are: M M Shaheen, Editor of Weekly Thikana, Kawshik Ahmed, Editor of Weekly Bangali, Nazmul Ahsan, Editor of Weekly Parichoy, Abu Taher, Editor of Weekly Bangla Patrika, Dr. Wazed A Khan, Editor of Weekly Bangladesh, Dr. Sarwarul Hasan Chowdhury, Editor of Weekly Desh Bangla, Ratan Talukder, Editor of weekly Janmobhumi, Zakaria Masud Ziko, Editor of weekly Ajkal and Mohammad Syeed, Editor of weekly Prabas.
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