celebrity deaths

May 13, (THEWILL) - Nollywood actor, Obinna Nwafor, aka Saint Obi, is dead. He was aged 57. The veteran actor died after a protracted illness about a week ago, but the family chose not to announce his death for reasons...

May 08, (THEWILL) - The Hausa language film industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of one of its members, Aminu Muhammad, popularly known as Kawu Mala in famous TV series, ‘Dadin Kowa’. The Kannywood star died on...

May 08, (THEWILL) - American opera singer, Grace Bumbry, has died at age 86 in a hospital in Vienna. According to Operawire, the singer’s adopted son, David Brewer, confirmed the news on Monday. The mezzo-soprano singer died on Sunday, in...

April 03, (THEWILL) - Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has lost his first of several wives, Ifeoma Ada, to the cold hands of death. She was aged 61. She reportedly died in a hospice in the United States of America,...

September 08, (THEWILL) – David A. Arnold, the US stand-up comedian famed for creating the Nickelodeon show, ‘That Girl Lay Lay’, is dead. The family, while announcing the comedian’s demise in a statement on Wednesday, said the 54-year-old died of...

September 05, (THEWILL) - It was a gathering of the who-is-who in Nigeria when children and family members buried the first cosmetologist in Nigeria, Chief Abiodun Wright- Osibogun, in Ibadan, Oyo State last week. Wright-Osibogun breathed her last on Friday, July...

September 02, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actress, Esther Nwachukwu, has passed on. News as regards her demise was shared on her Instagram story a few hours ago, but was later deleted. The post urged followers to pray for her soul...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 04, (THEWILL) - 20 days after to shocking death of legendary singer, songwriter and music producer Babatunde Okungbowa popularly known as OJB Jezereel, his memory still lingers in the hearts of many, more so today which...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 09, (THEWILL) - Veteran Nollywood actor, Prince Jide Kosoko whose wife Henrietta passed away on Monday, June 6 has described her death as an unimaginable loss. The late Henrietta was Kosoko’s third wife who had snatched away...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 31, (THEWILL) – The family of Muyiwa Adeyemi Oshinuga aka Nomoreloss have announced the funeral arrangement for the beloved musician who passed away on the 21st of March 2016 aged 39 years. The cause of his death...