By Akinwale Kasali
Death has once again hit the Nigeria Movie Industry, Nollywood. It has lost one of its finest Actors and Filmmakers, Yinka Ogundaisi.
The Actor died Wednesday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after a protracted ill-health which resulted in the paralysis of his legs.
Disclosing the death of the seasoned Actor, Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to members of the Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a group the late filmmaker/film marker belonged to in a Statement said, “Today, one phase of history came to an end. Erin ti wo. The elephant rises no more. Yinka Ogundaisi bid this world farewell at dawn. It was Kate Adepegba who dropped the bomb on my lap. I called Uncle Yinka’s number to confirm and rudely, it was so.”
After the legendary Late Chief Duro Ladipo, Ogundaisi was the next actor to play the legendary Sango in ‘Oba Koso’.
He resuscitated and repackaged the longest-running Yoruba TV programme, ‘FEYIKOGBON’, and was a member of the cast of ‘The Village Headmaster,’ he also authored a crime fiction titled ‘The Charmed Lock.’
His movie credits include; Give and Take, Destiny, Hostess, Ọmọge (Damsel), – Pardonable, Unforgivable, Happy Homes (a drama series once aired on DSTV among others.
Ogundaisi had suffered the paralysis of his legs, a condition for which he sought financial aid to undergo surgery.
It was gathered that he initially had complications of twisted intestines, hernia, and enlarged prostrate in 2013.
He was buried in Ibadan same Wednesday evening.
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