Nollywood actor Ernest Asuzu is dead.
The news of his death was confirmed by his wife, Jennifer
Asuzu.
Jennifer told The Nation that Asuzu fainted on Tuesday
evening and never woke up.
However, his remains are on the way to the east for funeral
rites.
Ernest Asuzu began his acting career in the ’90s and rose to
prominence after he starred in the 1997 Nollywood classic, ‘Rituals’
He was the toast of Nollywood until his career nosedived
after he came down with a stroke in 2015 and it affected his speech. He was
also bedridden for three years.
In 2015, he announced that Jeremiah Funfeyin of Mercyland
Deliverance Ministry healed him of stroke.
The cleric reportedly gave him a new SUV valued at about
N3.5m and N1.5m as startup capital to help revive his career.
For eight years, he battled depression and was rumored dead
at some point.
Towards the end of 2019, Ernest Azuzu stated that he was
very ill without any job.
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