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Popular Yoruba actress, Folake Aremu, also known as Orisabunmi, has passed on.
Orisabunmi, who usually played the role of a good witch in most of her films, was said to have died at her residence in Ibadan on Tuesday night.
The actress who died at 60 was very popular in the 80s, 90s to early 2000
A senior member of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Tunde Ola-Yusuff, announced the death in a Facebook post on Wednesday morning.
Ola Yusuf’s post read, “Adieu: She left without a goodbye. The sudden death of Mrs Fokake Aremu (Orisabunmi) has been announced.
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The veteran thespian was 60 years old.
The Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) confirmed the death.
A member, Tunde Ola-Yusuff, expressed grief in a Facebook post Wednesday morning.
“She left without a goodbye. The sudden death of Mrs Folake Aremu (Orisabunmi) has been announced.
“Really a shock on everyone. Iya Oosa, may God rest your soul among the righteous,” he wrote.
Folake was born on October 10, 1960, in Ilu Ola, Kwara State.
She attended Eruku Commercial College, worked as a teacher, and later as a secretary at Sunny Radio in Ilorin, before going into the theatre industry.
She died in the late hours of Tuesday, January 5 in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
She was 60.
The news of her death was confirmed by the President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr Latin.
The Governor of TAMPAN in Oyo State, Mrs Rose Odika also confirmed the incident noting that the actress died of a brief illness after two days in the hospital.
A senior TAMPAN member, Tunde Ola-Yusuff, also broke the news of her death in a Facebook post.
“ADIEU She left without a Goodbye. The sudden death of Mrs Fokake Aremu (ORISABUNMI) has been announced.