JUSTICE ESIRI DIES ...A LEGEND GONE.
Nigerian entertainment industry has been hit by yet another sad news with the death of legendary Nollywood actor, Justus Esiri. He died late on Tuesday.
a popular TV series that ran in the 1980s. He played the role of the Headmaster back then.
Esiri went to Germany to study Engineering. He however took interest in acting started it off in Germany. In 1968 through 69, he was the only Nigerian male acting on stage in Germany. He spoke fluent German which enabled him to work with the Voice of Nigeria, German Service as a translator.
The Nigerian film industry also witnessed series of deaths
last year including that of Enebeli Elebuwa who was one of those who acted in “The Village Headmaster”, and last week Gofdie Harvey, a famous singer .
The Late Esiri was born in November 1942 in Oria, Abraka, Delta State.
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. From then onwards, the sky was indeed not the limit for Esiri.
He was Production Manager for Dinner With The Devil. He worked as News translator and Newscaster with the Voice of Nigeria (German Service).
R.I.P
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