<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><img class="wp-image-133658 aligncenter" src="http://theinfong.com/wp-content/uploads/blessedson/2015/05/29/Nollywood-celebrities-that-have-died-theinfong.com-700x432.png" alt="Nollywood celebrities that have died theinfong.com 700x432" width="483" height="298" /> Nollywood celebrities that have died</strong>: It's so hard to forget our fallen heroes that build the framework called “NOLLYWOOD” today, they might have passed on but will forever live in our hearts. </span><span style="color: #000000;">See the top 15 Nollywood stars who have passed away In Recent Years below….</span></p> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>More..</strong></span> <ul> <li><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/05/nigerian-celebrities-and-their-luxury-cars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Nigerian celebrities and their luxury cars – See who has the most expensive! 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(+Photos)</a></span></li> <li><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/05/buhari-son-yusuf-is-cute/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Have you seen Buhari’s cute son? Yusuf breaks women’s hearts (See Photos)</a></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>1) SAM LOCO EFE</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76545" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/samloco.jpg" alt="samloco" width="420" height="470" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>2) Justus Esiri</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76546" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Justus-Esiri.jpg" alt="Justus-Esiri" width="558" height="332" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The Village Headmaster star actor died in February 2013 at age 70. He died of complications from diabetes in a Lagos hospital. <strong>Also See: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/07/top-20-richest-nigerian-actresses-their-net-worth-see-who-is-1-now-pics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top 20 richest Nigerian actresses & their net worth – See who is #1 now! (+Pics)</a></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Justus Esiri (November 20, 1942 – 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.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>3) Enebeli Elebuwa</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76547" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/enebeli_elebuwa.jpg" alt="enebeli_elebuwa" width="412" height="260" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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. <strong>Also See: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/08/nigerian-celebrities-that-are-married-to-real-men/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Nigerian celebrities that are married to real men (With Pictures)</a></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>4) Amaka Igwe</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-76548" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Amaka-Igwe-.jpg" alt="Amaka-Igwe-" width="557" height="371" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The very popular Nollywood producer died of asthma attack in Enugu, in April 2014. <strong>Also See: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/08/10-celebrities-who-look-just-like-their-famous-parents-with-pictures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 Celebrities who look just like their famous parents (With Pictures)</a></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">She was the writer and producer of the most popular TV soap ever to be aired in Nigeria, Checkmate.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>5) Jenifer Okere Ossai</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76549" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JENIFER-OKERE-OSSAI.jpg" alt="JENIFER-OKERE-OSSAI" width="453" height="640" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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. <strong>Also See: <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://theinfong.com/2015/08/10-most-evil-mothers-in-the-world-you-will-be-shocked-to-see-how-they-killed-their-kids-brutally-with-pictures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 most evil mothers in the world – you will be shocked to see how they killed their kids brutally! (With Pictures)</a></span></strong><!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>6) JT Tom West</strong></span> <span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76550" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jt-tom-west.jpg" alt="jt-tom-west" width="430" height="300" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Born Joe Tamuno Bibidamaa Tom-West in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, he died in September 2006.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>7) Geraldine Ekeocha</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76551" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/geraldine-ekeocha-300x300.jpg" alt="geraldine-ekeocha-300x300" width="300" height="300" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The popular actress died in September 2011 during a fibroid operation at age 56<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>8) Pete Eneh</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76553" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Peter-Eneh1.png" alt="Peter-Eneh" width="391" height="401" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Pete Eneh died in November 2012 after one of his legs was amputated at age 68.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>9) Bisi Komolafe</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76554" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bisi-komolafe-biography.jpg" alt="bisi-komolafe-biography" width="328" height="328" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">She was a popular Yoruba actress whose sudden demise shook the Yoruba movie industry. She died at age 27 in January 2013.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>10) Funmi Martins </strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://theinfong.com/wp-content/uploads/blessedson/2015/12/24/Nollywood-stars-you-still-may-not-know-have-died-funmi-martins-theinfong.com-700x406.png"><img class="wp-image-189168 aligncenter" src="http://theinfong.com/wp-content/uploads/blessedson/2015/12/24/Nollywood-stars-you-still-may-not-know-have-died-funmi-martins-theinfong.com-700x406.png" alt="" width="559" height="324" /></a> <span style="color: #000000;">Funmi was a cross over actress who featured in both Yoruba and English films. She played a romantic role in When The Sun Set released in the 1990s which was Kate Henshaws first film. Funmi died in May 2002, of cardiac arrest.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>11) Francis Agu</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76556" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/francis-agu-216x300.jpg" alt="francis-agu-216x300" width="216" height="300" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Francis became a star via Amaka Igwe’s Checkmate. After which he featured in Living in Bondage, Jezebel produced by his girlfriend then, Emem Isong.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>12) David Ihesie</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76557" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/david-ihesie-300x300.jpg" alt="david-ihesie-300x300" width="300" height="300" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The actor died in January 2012 at age 73.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>13) Muna Obiekwe</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://theinfong.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Muna-Obiekwe-theinfong.com_.jpeg" data-id="42476"><img class=" size-full wp-image-42476 aligncenter" src="http://theinfong.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Muna-Obiekwe-theinfong.com_.jpeg" alt="Muna Obiekwe theinfong.com" width="640" height="386" /></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Muna Obiekwe’s death is one of the most recent, and one of the darkest days of 2015.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">He died on the 18th of January, of kidney failure.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">He starred in hit movies like ‘Eye of the gods’, ‘Unstoppable’, etc.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>14) Ashley Nwosu</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-76558" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ashley-nwosu-300x227.jpg" alt="ashley-nwosu-300x227" width="300" height="227" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">The top actor died in April 2011 after a brief illness.<!--nextpage--></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>15) Clem Onyeka</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-56066" src="http://yabaleftonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/clems2.jpg" alt="clems2" width="362" height="483" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">Clem Onyeka was recently killed in a crossfire between the Nigerian Police and armed robbers in Asaba Delta State. He was only 37 years old.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">-dailygossip</p>
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