Olumide Bakare Explained

Olumide Bakare
Birth Name:	Olumide Bakare
Birth Date:	26 November 1953
Birth Place:	Oyo State, Nigeria
Death Place:	Ibadan, Nigeria
Occupation:	Actor

Olumide Bakare (26 November 1953 – 22 April 2017) was a Nigerian actor.^[1]

Career

Bakare began his acting career in the sitcom Koko Close where he featured as Chief Koko with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).^[2]

Selected filmography

• Ise Onise (2009)
• Ofin Kokonla (2005)
• Oromodie (2008) as Judge Iyilade
• Maami (2011) as Otunba Bamisaye
• Last Flight to Abuja (2012) as Elderly man
• Doctor Bello (2013) as Chief Idowu
• Kofo the first lady (2014)
• Gbogbomolo ^[3]

Death

Bakare died on 22 April 2017 in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria due to heart and lung disease.^[1] 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:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dele Odule reveals how fellow actor, Olumide Bakare, died - Daily Post Nigeria. 22 April 2017.
2. Web site: Five things you didn't know about Olumide Bakare - Punch Newspapers. 23 April 2017.
3. Web site: Top 5 movies starring late actor. 22 April 2017.