Family, friends remember Lander University student who died [Video]

A Lander University student suddenly died on Saturday at the age of 20.According to his family, Benjamin Osei was a junior at Lander University in Greenwood and was set to graduate in the spring of 2026.Osei’s family said he died suddenly on Saturday after he was taken to the hospital when he became ill but had no prior signs or symptoms of sickness.”It was very, super, super devastating,” Osei’s brother David said. “It tore my heart, and I didn’t even know what I was hearing.”As the family awaits the results from the autopsy, his brothers and friends are honoring his life and legacy and remembering someone they say they looked up to.”To come and find out that we lost our little brother, and it was the last time we were going to see him, was very disappointing,” Osei’s brother Michael said.Osei served as the president of Lander’s African Student Union …