
A prominent Nollywood Actor, Ernest Asuzu, is dead.
The news was broken in the National WhatsApp platform of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). The wife who was contacted by one of the members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria confirmed the sad news and stated that she was already on her way taking the corpse to the East – his home state. Ernest Azuzu died on Tuesday night, 26th January 2021 at the age of 37.
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 which affected his speech. He was bedridden for three years.
He launched a music album, a 7-track album titled, ‘The Truth’ in December 2020.