Obituaries

Nike Onile, a first-generation Nigerian Canadian and founder of Ode Studio, has died. She sadly passed away after a protracted battle with cancer. She was a talented individual with diverse background....

A family in Las Vegas is mourning after a child accidentally shot himself in the head recently at the house of a carer. According to KLAS, around 6:30 p.m. on...

Veteran Nollywood actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi, also known as Iyabo Oko, has died. Her daughter, Bisi Aisha, announced her death on Facebook saying that the actress died on Wednesday evening. She...

Tina Turner died peacefully in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,  after a protracted battle with illness in her home. Turner won six of her eight Grammy Awards in the 1980s. The...

Popular Yoruba actor, Prince Adewale Adeyemo, has died. He died recently after a brief illness. The news was announced by fellow actor, Kunle Afod, on his Instagram page. While announcing...

Famous Nollywood actor and film director, Obinna Nwafor, also known as Saint Obi, has died. He died after a battle with an unspecified illness. Saint Obi’s death was confirmed by...

Canadian singer and songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, has died. According to Victoria Lord, his spokesperson, the singer whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died...

Uganda’s State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola, has been shot dead. He was shot recently by his bodyguard at his home in Kyanja,...

Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home. He was 96 at the time. He was an award-winning Broadway performer and a...

Canadian actor, Saint Von Colucci, who did 12 plastic surgeries to look like BTS' singer Jimin has died. He died recently at the age of 22 in a South Korean hospital...