17 Nollywood Actors Who Have Passed Away (RIP)

Late Nollywood Actors In Pictures

Sam Loco Efe – The death of this Veteran Actor shook the Entertainment Industry because of his comic roles. He died in a hotel room while editing a movie at the age of 66.

Sam Loco Efe

The late Sam Loco Efe died apparently sitting on his seat in a hotel room of causes now suspected to be asthma. He was found dead on Sunday morning with ventolin inhalers beside him in the hotel room where he lodged. The room was forced open after he failed to come down after retiring the previous night.

“On the night before his demise, he had, as usual, exchanged banter and jokes with friends and colleagues till about 11p.m. before retiring to his room.”

“But the next morning when he didn’t come down for breakfast, worried colleagues went knocking on his door. Of course, they knew he was inside. And when no response came, they called me. I then advised that the hotel contact the police. And when the room was eventually opened, the cold body of Sam was found on a seat in the room.” – Mr Steve Eboh, Former Vice President, Actors Guild of Nigeria (South -East), said of late Sam Loco Efe.


Justis Esiri – This actor who is known as This Village Headmaster died at the age of 70 in 2013, He died of complications from diabetes in Lagos.

Justis Esiri

A source said the now late Justus Esiri has been secretly battling diabetes for a while but his family chose to make it a secret until his sudden demise Monday night on February 19, 2013 at the age of 70, maybe 71.

Before his death, Justus Esiri was a member of the Order of Niger (MON). He came into limelight in the early 80’s through the popular Village Headmaster TV series. He has also featured in many interesting Nollywood movies. 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.



Pete Eneh – Some actually thought it was Pete Edochie who died when they heard of his death in 2012, because of the name they share. Pete Eneh died at the age of 68, after one of his legs was amputated.

Pete Eneh

Before the leg was amputated, the veteran actor had reportedly been on the sick bed for some months without proper medical attention given to him due to what was reported to be inadequate fund made available for his treatment.

So, when doctors at Park Lane Hospital, Enugu disclosed that the leg would have to be amputated so as to prevent the infection spreading to other parts of his body, the news generated some dust. Eventually, the actor’s leg was amputated to save Pete Eneh’s life.

On Thursday 15 of November 2012, the actor finally gave up the ghost barely a month after the amputation. He was  laid to rest in January 2013. According to a source, Pete Eneh may have died due to the pain of living with an amputated leg for the rest of his life.


Enebeli Elebuwa – This actor died of stroke in an hospital in India. He died on Tuesday December 5, 2012 at the age of 66. Prior to his death, had been bedridden for a reported partial stroke which he suffered from for close to two years.

Enebeli Elebuwa

Enebeli died at an India hospital on Tuesday, December 5 2012, after he was believed to be recovery from his illness. He had been bedridden for a reported partial stroke which he suffered from for close to two years.

Although the late Elebuwa’s ailment was well-publicised by the media at the onset, his death was somewhat low-key.

Prior to receiving a lifeline from the Delta State Government a few months back, the actor whose first movie role was in Sanya Dosunmu’s 1974 celluloid film, Dinner with the Devil, was first treated at St Luke’s Hospital, Yaba, Lagos for Stroke.

He was flown to India and subsequently admitted into The Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, India on October 17, 2012, accompanied by his brother-in-law Azuka Adoh.

Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, died on December 5, after a sickness that incapacitated him for more than a year. His body was immediately approved to return to Nigeria as soon as the body was embalmed at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India.

The post-mortem results made public upon the arrival of his corpse on Sunday in Lagos lists Multiple Sclerosis and Hypertension as symptoms noticed before death.

Coincidentally, both Enebeli Elebuwa and Pete Eneh died in late 2012 after being treated at the hospital for different illnesses.


Ashley Nwosu – This actor died of a liver problem in 2011 at the age of 57. He died because he could not afford the money for his treatment.

Ashley Nwosu

Ashley Nwosu died last Wednesday after he fell into coma at the Military Hospital, Yaba, where he was being  treated for severe liver problems.

According to an eye witness, “Ashley could not eat, or walk, and was looking darker than ever. He was been fed by a tube. He gave up the ghost this Morning (April 21, 2011).”

Ashley Nwosu who is one of Nollywood’s first generation actors, most often played the role of husband, Dad, Pimp or ‘Sugar Daddy’ bringing to bare his sheer excellence and talent on screen.

He has starred in countless number of movies including; ‘Endless Night’, ‘Between Two Walls’, ‘Power Brokers’, Foreign Affairs, Gift from the Grave, Lagos Babes and Ghetto Love.


Muna Obiekwe – This handsome actor died of Kidney failure. He died in January 2015, at the age of 36.

Muna Obiekwe

Muna Obiekwe passed away at a specialist hospital in Festac Lagos, on Sunday, January 18th, 2015. Muna was on his 10th dialysis when he gave up the ghost, according to reports.

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Muna was the first cousin to Nigerian actor Yul Edochie and part of the Edochie  family.


J.T Tom West – This Rivers state actor died in a fatal accident when returning from a movie location. He died in 2006.

J.T Tom West

The Rivers State-born Tom West, who is also a director, dancer and singer, according to Daily Sun sources, died Thursday morning (September 28, 2006) in an undisclosed hospital on Lagos Island, following a ghastly auto accident.

The accident reportedly happened while the still single father of one, boy and two of his colleagues were returning from a location after shooting late into the night on Tuesday.

“The car they were driving lost control and somersaulted severally. Some good samaritans rescued them from the wreckage and took them to the hospital, but unfortunately Tom-West died as a result of internal bleeding, while the other two are responding to treatment,” said Daily Sun source.

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