The Nigerian film industry has lost another veteran Yoruba actor, Folake Aremu, popularly known as Orisabunmi.
President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr. Latin, confirmed her death on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Latin disclosed that Folake Aremu gave her last breath on Tuesday night.
Another senior TAMPAN member Tunde Ola-Yusuff also stated that “She left without a goodbye.”
“Really a shock on everyone. Iya Oosa, may God rest your soul among the righteous,” he wrote.
Orisabunmi died at age 60, four months after ex-husband Jimoh Aliu, better known as Aworo.
Orisabunmi was well known from the 80s for her roles as a priestess in movies.
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.
Orisabunmi died four months after her ex-husband, Jimoh Aliu, aka Aworo passed on. They separated two decades ago.
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Meanwhile, President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Bolaji Amusan ‘Mr Latin” has said the burial arrangement for Mrs Folakemi Aremu A.K.A Orisabunmi will be announced soon.
