Nigerian entertainment industry has again lost one of its veteran actors.
Popular Nollywood actor, Justus Esiri, is dead. He died at the age of 71.
The Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), famous for his role as the Village Headmaster in popular 80′s sitcom of the same name, passed on Tuesday night.
No details yet on the cause of his death.
A source said the now late Justus Esiri has
been secretly battling an age related illness for a while but his family chose to make it a secret.
He was the father of Onoriode Esiri, known commonly as, Dr SID, a Nigerian singer-songwriter. Dr SID is the youngest child of the deceased.
The late Justus Esiri was born in November 1942 in Oria, Abraka, Delta State. His studied at Catholic Secondary school in Warri in year 1948 before proceeding to Maximillan University in Munich, German in 1964. He also attended Prof. Weners Institute of Engineering, West Berlin, 1967 and the Ahrens School of Performing Arts in 1968.
Justus Esiri, detoured into motion picture production in 1968 as a staff of the Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany, where he stayed till 1976. During the 1977 FESTAC held in Lagos, he choreographed the Modern Dress exhibition.
He was Production Manager for Dinner With The Devil. He worked as News translator and Newscaster with the Voice of Nigeria (German Service).
May his soul rest in perfect peace...Amen!
Our prayers goes to the family....
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