Veteran Nollywood actor, Yinka Ogundaisi is dead.
Ogundiasi who starred in The Village Headmaster in 1958, has died on Wednesday after battling a prolonged illness.
Ogundaisi was a cinema, television, and radio actor, writer, and director.
After the late Duro Ladipo, he was the second actor to play the iconic Sango in the film Oba Koso.
He is recognized for reviving and repackaging ‘Feyikogbon,’ the longest-running Yoruba TV show.
Also, he wrote The Charmed Lock, a crime fiction thriller based on African hypnotism.
The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a statement by Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to members of the Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a group the late filmmaker/film marker belonged.
The group’s post reads: “Today, this morning, 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.”
Before his death, Ogundaisi suffered from leg paralysis and asked for financial assistance to undergo surgery. However, the target fund could not be met.
In 2013, he was diagnosed with twisted intestines, a hernia, and an enlarged prostate, according to reports.
