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Top 10 Nollywood Stars Who Have Passed Away In Recent Years by Arbiola(f): 10:08pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
Its so hard to forget our fallen heroes that build the framework called 鈥淣OLLYWOOD鈥� today, they might have passed on but will forever live in our hearts. See the top 15 Nollywood stars who have passed away In Recent Years below鈥�. 1) SAM LOCO EFE The death of Sam Loco Efe a.k.a. Papa Patricia really got the entertainment industry in Nigeria shaken because he was very popular with his comic roles. Loco died of causes suspected to be asthma in a hotel room in Owerri where he was editing a film, in August 2011, at age 66. 2) Justus Esiri The Village Headmaster star actor died in February 2013 at age 70. He died of complications from diabetes in a Lagos hospital. Justus Esiri (November 20, 1942 鈥� February 19, 2013) was a veteran award winning Nigerian actor, generally considered to be one of the pillars of Nollywood with an acting career that goes way back to the 1960s. He came into prominence for his role in popular Nigerian Television Authority TV-series The Village Headmaster and the film adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart. He won Best Actor award at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards post-humously for his role in Assassins Practice and was also honoured as the inaugural recipient of the “Goodluck Jonathan Lifetime Achievement award” at the 2013 Nollywood Movies Awards. 3) Enebeli Elebuwa Enebeli became popular staring as Andrew in a popular TV programme many years ago. He died in an Indian hospital in December 2012. He died of stroke at age 66. Elebuwa suffered a major stroke and was flown overseas for medical treatment. He died aged 65 in a hospital in India on 4 December 2012 and was laid to rest at Victoria Court Cemetery, Ajah, Lagos 4) Amaka Igwe The very popular Nollywood producer died of asthma attack in Enugu, in April 2014. She was the writer and producer of the most popular TV soap ever to be aired in Nigeria, Checkmate. Her sudden demise at age 51 shook Nollywood and the entertainment industry as a whole due to her role in the development of Nollywood and in making stars like Julius Agwu, Bobmanuel Udokwu and so many of them. 5) Jenifer Okere Ossai She was a big star in the 1990s. She had featured in Ikuku, Living in Bondage, True Confession, etc. She died between 1999 and 2000 and her death was the first to shake Nollywood. 6) JT Tom West Born Joe Tamuno Bibidamaa Tom-West in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, he died in September 2006. Tom-West was involved in a fatal auto-accident, while he was returning from a location after a late night film shooting with two of his colleagues. His former girlfriend, Tricia Eseigbe wept so hard that she was uncontrollable as at that time. He was popular with such movies as State of Emergency, Above The Law, Labistar etc. 7) Geraldine Ekeocha The popular actress died in September 2011 during a fibroid operation at age 56 ![]() Pete Eneh died in November 2012 after one of his legs was amputated at age 68. 9) Bisi Komolafe She was a popular Yoruba actress whose sudden demise shook the Yoruba movie industry. She died at age 27 in January 2013. 10) Muna Obiekwe Muna Obiekwe's death is one of the most recent, and one of the darkest days of 2015. He died on the 18th of January, of kidney failure. He starred in hit movies, like ye of the god�,unnstoppabl�, etc.
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Re: Top 10 Nollywood Stars Who Have Passed Away In Recent Years by Arbiola(f): 10:14pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
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Re: Top 10 Nollywood Stars Who Have Passed Away In Recent Years by witnezHD(m): 10:16pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
I know them not they living has nothing to do wit the dead †O_o |
Re: Top 10 Nollywood Stars Who Have Passed Away In Recent Years by Arbiola(f): 10:18pm On Apr 05, 2015 |
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