10 Nollywood Celebrities Who Died In 2021

 In this article I will be sharing with you 10 Nollywood celebrities who died in 2021. A sad fact about life is that life comes with death. It will happen to all of us. Death is inevitable and unavoidable. Many people have lost their lives in 2021, including some of Nigerian notable celebrities.

If you are still alive today kindly give thanks to your God because it is not easy, it is by his grace that you are still alive today. So after a careful study and research I present to you 10 Nigerian celebrities who died in 2021.

1. Sam Obiago

Sam Obiago was a popular Nollywood actor who died on 23rd of December 2021. The filmmaker who has featured in over 100 Nollywood movies and known for always playing the role of a king suffered from a stroke for some time, which has been managed, but sadly he died on the 23rd of December 2021. His death was later confirmed by the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas. The sudden death of Sam Obiago came as a shock to his families, colleagues and fans. He died on the eve of Christmas.

2. Rich Oganiru

Rich Oganiru was a popular Nollywood actor who died on 10th of August 2021. The veteran actor who has been in the Nigerian film industry for more than two decades died on the 10th of August 2021 after being ill for months without funds to cater for his health.. The actor died weeks after he went public with his sickness. Few months ago a video of the late actor looking really sick, lying in his bed and seeking for financial assistance, surfaced online. The video, shared by one of his colleagues, was captioned, “Please, everyone should reach out before he dies.”

3. Stanley Okoro

Stanley Okoro was a fast-rising Nollywood actor and a comedian who died on the 11th August 2021 in his hotel room in Maryland area of Enugu State, Nigeria after completing a movie shoot at the age of 28. A close source on Facebook revealed the real cause of his death alleging that the actor passed on as a result of food poisoning. A post sighted online shows that Stanley Okoro fondly called Rabbi died of suspected food poisoning and that has broken the hearts of most Nollywood actors and actresses who have worked with him.

4. Seun Michael

Seun Michael was a popular Nollywood actor who died on 11th August 2021. The tragic news of the actor’s death was announced by some of his colleagues, bringing shock to many others. The late Seun Michael who worked closely with Funke Akindele as production manager had reportedly complained of malaria before his sudden death. He died the day he was supposed to hit a movie location for another great project.

5. Rachel Oniga

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