Death is inevitable, it does not honour the age of its victims nor acknowledge the principle of times and seasons. With a scythe, death comes beckoning upon the soul of its victim; there are no perfect moments for death’s reckoning — however, it is humanity’s fate to exit the earth at a given time.
Several individuals are threatened by the cold hands of death on daily basis, yet, they come out unscathed. Surviving through the skin of their teeth means it wasn’t their appointed time to leave the world.
As stated earlier, death has no regard for any individual, it doesn’t respect the social class nor status of it’s victim. In 2022, numerous notable celebrities left the world, to the dismay to members of their family, friends and fans across the globe.
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Here are 10 notable Nigerian celebrities we lost to the cold hands of death in 2022.
It is important to note that this list is in no particular order. Check it out below.
- Ada Ameh
Nollywood veteran, Ada Ameh, died on July 17, 2022, at the NNPC hospital in Warri, Delta State. She was aged 48.
2. Rico Swavey
Big Brother Naija former season 3 housemate, Patrick Fakoya, who is better known as Rico Swavey was involved in a car crash which led to him being placed on life support. He died two days after the accident on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
4. Sammie Okposo
Foremost Nigerian gospel musician, Sammie Okposo, died in his sleep on Friday morning, November 25, 2022. He was aged 51.
4. Sola Onayiga
Onayiga died on Monday, July 18, 2022.
The movie veteran who played the role of Ireti in Amaka Igwe’s popular soap opera, Fuji House of Commotion, passed away at age 63.
5. Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, director of Half of a Yellow Sun and co-director of Blood Sisters, a Nigerian series, died on Sunday, August 17, 2022.
He was laid to rest in Lagos on Friday, September 23, 2022.
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6. Lari Williams
Williams died on February 27, 2022. He was the founding national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria.
7. Osinachi Nwachikwu
Nwachukwu died at an Abuja hospital on Friday, April 8, 2022. Initial reports claimed that she died of cancer, but her death was later alleged to be the result of domestic violence at the hands of her husband.
Nwachukwu, who died at the age of 42, is survived by a husband and four children.
8. Romanus Amuta
Veteran Nigerian thespian, Romanus Amuta, who is better known as ‘Natty’ in the foremost soap, ‘New Masquerade’ died on February 9, 2022 at the age of 79 after a protracted sickness.
The New Masquerade was one of the most popular soaps of the 1980s.
He left his wife, Cordelia, and six children behind.
9. Tafa Oloyede
Yoruba actor, John Adewuni who is better known as Tafa Oloyede died at his residence in Osogbo on February 1, at the age of 69.
10. Yinka Ogundaisi
Yinka Ogundaisi, died on Wednesday, June 15, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.
