Olumide Bakare (26 November 1953 – 22 April 2017) was a Nigerian actor.

Career

Bakare began his acting career in the sitcom ''Koko Close'' where he featured as Chief Koko with the

Nigerian Television Authority The Nigerian Television Authority or NTA is a Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcast station. Originally known as Nigerian Television (NTV), it was inaugurated in 1977 with a monopoly on national television broadcasting, after ...

(NTA).

Selected filmography

* '' Maami'' (2011) * ''Ise Onise'' (2009) * ''Ofin Kokonla'' (2005) * ''Oromodie'' * ''

Last Flight to Abuja ''Last Flight to Abuja'' is a 2012 Nigerian disaster thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, directed and produced by Obi Emelonye, and starring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Jim Iyke. Shot in Lagos, the film received 5 nomination ...

'' * ''Kofo the first lady'' * ''Gbogbomolo''

Death

Bakare died on 22 April 2017 in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

, Oyo, Nigeria due to heart and lung disease. He battled with illness for over a year and later in earlier 2017, he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the emergency unit of University College Hospital and placed in intensive care. According to Mufu Onifade—former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP)—in his condolence message:

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* {{IMDb name, id=2540202, name=Olumide Bakare 1953 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Nigerian male actors Male actors in Yoruba cinema Deaths from lung disease 21st-century Nigerian male actors Nigerian male film actors Yoruba male actors Nigerian male television actors 20th-century births