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Tinubu mourns as veteran actor, Jimi Solanke, dies at 81
Veteran Nollywood actor, Jimi Solanke, is dead. He died on Monday, February 5, at the age of 81, National Daily report.
It was gathered that the legendary actor, who’s also known as Uncle Jimi, passed on while he was being taken to the Babcock University Teaching Hospital from his country home at Ipara Remo.
According to reports, Solanke has been in and out of hospital since December until his death on Monday morning.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the passing of the actor, describing him as, “one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of our cherished mores and cultural heritage.”
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