Veteran actress Cynthia Okereke is dead

Veteran Nollywood actress Cynthia Okereke is dead.

Popular actor and filmmaker Joseph Okechukwu announced her tragic demise in an Instagram post on Wednesday, July 12.

According to him, she passed away on the evening of Tuesday, July 11 at the age of 63.

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He revealed that he had planned to pay for Okereke’s flight ticket to America before her untimely death.

Sharing a photo of the veteran actress on his Instagram page, he wrote,

“REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I am shattered beyond words.
The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come and finish what we started only to hear you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I have had to deal with in recent times.

“I pray I am able to recover from the shock. Life is really just a mist. One minute you have it, the next you don’t. For the more than 20 years that I’ve known you, you’ve been such an amazing, decent and lovely soul to be around. Words fail me. May your gentle soul rest on till we meet again in glory. #CynthiaOkereke.”