We
however know that his son, pop singer Dr Sid has put up a photo of Justus Esiri
on his twitter avatar and updated his bio as ‘RIP Dad‘.
This is beginning
to look like a not too pleasant year for Nigerian Entertainers as we're still
mourning the passing away of Goldie, another movie icon, Justus Esiri, has
died. According to different sources and his son's confessions, Justus Esiri's
family lost him to diabetes caused by old age.
He was said to have
passed on about 3 hours ago in a Lagos hospital. A source said the now
late Justus Esiri has been secretly battling diabetes for a while but his
family chose to make it a secret until his sudden demise Monday night at the
age of 71.
Last year over four top
Nollywood stars including Pete Eneh and Enebeli Elebuwa died. Pete Eneh died of
untreated leg infection on November 15, 2012 at a private hospital in Enugu
while Enebeli Elebuwa died of stroke on the 4th of December 2012 at a private
hospital in New Delhi, India. Just this last week two Nollywood actors died
tragically.
A source who claimed the
angel of death has visited Nollywood might be proven true with the sudden
demise of top Nigerian movie stars one after the other within the past 12
months.
Before his death, Justus
Esiri was a member of the Order of Niger (MON). He came into limelight in the
early 80's through the popular Village Headmaster TV series. He has also
featured in many interesting Nollywood movies. He also attended Prof. Weners
Institute of Engineering, West Berlin, 1967 and the Ahrens School of Performing
Arts in 1968. Justus Esiri, detoured into motion picture production in 1968 as
a staff of the Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany, where he stayed till 1976.
During the 1977 FESTAC held in Lagos, he choreographed the Modern Dress
exhibition.
Esiri: "I am an
urhobo man, come from an African aristocratic family. My forebears were
educated. My great grand-father could speak English at least. Throughout my
whole life God has been very nice to me. "
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