Boubacar Kone Was C.C.H. Pounder’s Husband – A Look at His Life and Death

Boubacar Kone (born October 25, 1942; died August 3, 2016) was a journalist from Senegal, also known as the late husband of Guyanese-American stage and screen actress Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder, popularly referred to as C.C.H. She is famous for her role as Dr. Loretta Wade, a forensic/pathologist medical examiner, in all 155 episodes of NCIS: New Orleans from 2014 – 2021.

C.C.H. Pounder’s husband was the founder of the Musee Boribana in Dakar, Senegal. Prior to his death at the age of 74, Kone was also the co-founder and co-owner of the Pounder-Kone Art Space in Los Angeles, California. Here is what we know about the life and death of the late celebrity husband.

Summary of Boubacar Kone’s Biography

  • Full name: Boubacar Kone
  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: October 25, 1942
  • Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal
  • Date of death: August 3, 2016
  • Boubacar Kone’s Age (at time of death): 74 years old
  • Place of death: Los Angeles, California
  • Ethnicity: African American
  • Nationality: Senegalese, American
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
  • Sexual Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Islam
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Boubacar Kone’s Widow: Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder aka C.C.H. Pounder
  • Boubacar Kone’s Children: Nicole Kone (daughter, born 1971), Libya Kone (daughter, born 1973), Matthew Kone (son, born 1982)
  • Education: Institute of International Journalism, Strasbourg, France
  • Profession: Journalist, Museum Owner
  • Boubacar Kone’s Net worth: Est. $4 million
  • Famous for: Being C.C.H. Pounder’s Late Husband

Boubacar Kone was Born in Senegal

Boubacar Kone was born on October 25, 1942, in Dakar, Senegal. His birth sign is Scorpio, and because he was born in Senegal, the late museum owner was a Senegalese citizen. At some point in his life, he also acquired American citizenship due to the length of time he spent there and ultimately as a result of his marriage to an American.

Boubacar Kone was raised in a devout Muslim family, but not much is known about the members of his birth family, including his parents and any siblings he might have had. The late celebrity husband spent most of his formative years in Dakar, the capital of his home country.

However, the details of his formal educational background are limited to the fact that he acquired an International Journalism degree from the Institute of International Journalism in Strasbourg, France.

Boubacar Kone was Married to C.C.H Pounder For Over Four Decades

Boubacar Kone was married to Guyanese-American stage and screen actress Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder for 45 years. The timeline of the beginning of his relationship with the actress best known as C.C.H. Pounder has yet to be fully ascertained.

It’s been confirmed that the late international journalist and his bride exchanged marital vows in 1970. It was allegedly a privately-held ceremony in front of the former couple’s selected friends and family members, and as such, the finer details of the event, such as the date and venue, have been carefully withheld from the public and the media.

Nevertheless, Kone spent the next 45 years of his life married to C.C.H. Pounder before his death in 2016, bringing their relatively long and blissful union to an inevitable end.

Boubacar Kone Had Three Children With His Wife

The marital union between Boubacar Kone and his wife had everything a married couple could ever desire. Given how successful they both were in their respective careers, they had financial independence, love, communication, understanding, and all the right virtues of a good marriage.

Arguably though, their most remarkable accomplishment as a married couple was the children they had together before he died. The former couple had three children within the first twelve years of their marriage. They welcomed their first daughter Nicole Kone in 1971.

Just a couple of years later, in 1973, Kone and his wife Pounder had another daughter named Libya Kone. After having their first two children within a couple of years of the other, the former couple had to wait for almost ten years before bringing in their only son in 1982. The son in question was named Matthew Kone.

It is interesting, but not uncommon to note that neither of Kone’s children followed in their mother’s footsteps of joining the entertainment industry. For starters, they were adequately shielded from the sometimes unwanted attention of the public and the media as celebrity kids, and it would appear that they stuck to that lifestyle even after becoming adults who could make decisions of their own.

They have apparently chosen careers and professions unrelated to the entertainment industry, and this has led to very little being known about where they are at the moment or what they each do for a living.

At the time of his death, Boubacar Kone was allegedly a grandfather to Elisa (born in 1994), Michele (born in 1999), Kelly (born in 2002), Libya (born in 2005), Enid (born in 2007), and Matthew (born in 2010), with all of whom he spent the twilight years of his life creating long-lasting memories.

Boubacar Kone was a Museum Owner Before He Died

While he is generally remembered as a celebrity husband of a famous Hollywood actress, Boubacar Kone distinguished himself in his field of endeavor. In 1993, he founded the Musee Boribana in Dakar, in his home country of Senegal. The Museum of contemporary art was later gifted to the Senegalese people.

While residing in Los Angeles, California, the late Kone was also a joint founder of the Pounder-Kone Art Space, another contemporary art museum he founded with the actress in the city of Angels.

At the time of his death, Boubacar Kone had a rather impressive net worth of an estimated $4 million, all income he made from his passion for art and other business and career endeavors.

On the other hand, Kone’s widow, C.C.H. Pounder, was renowned for her astounding abilities as an actress who appeared in several stage and screen projects. Her IMDb page reveals that she has been involved in more than 100 movies and TV series productions, the most notable of which was her astute portrayal of Dr. Loretta Wade in NCIS: New Orleans.

She was a main cast member and one of the very few cast members who appeared in all 155 episodes of the show that aired for seven years, from 2014 to 2021.

C.C.H. Pounder’s Husband Died At The Age of 74

Boubacar Kone died on August 3, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 74 years old. A concise autopsy showed that there was no foul play about his death and he had died of natural causes.

His widow was devastated, and her social media pages show that she misses her husband to date. It’s been over six years and she never remarried.

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