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Yesterday 22nd of April was a gloomy day for Nollywood. One of its veterans, Olumide Bakare passed on after battling for years with a heart/lung related ailment. Before his death, little was known about his personal life aside from his exploits in the movie industry
Here are 7 things you need to know about the talented thespian, Olumide Bakare.
- During his lifetime as an actor he featured in movies like Ise onise’ (2009); `Aye olorogun’ (2007) and `Iboji’ (2008), `Maami’ (2011), `Last flight to Abuja’, `Kofo, the first lady’, `Koboko’ and others. He was also popular for his role in Papa Ajasco and company by Wale Adenuga.
- He was born on November 26, 1953
3.He believed strongly that his relationship with God did not have anything to do with his habits. That God only care about the heart. He said in an interview with Encomium Magazine:” God doesn’t care about habit but your heart. How clean is your heart to God and people around you? How do you sail across the ocean of your life and all that? All these are what God cares about. It is not about whether you smoke or drink. Even those who don’t smoke and drink, worse things happen to them. I am a very straight forward person I have been in all these habits for about 45 years and I want to tell you, no shaking.
- His sickness started between 2013/2014. He made this known in an interview. According to him:”Actually, for sometime I have been on the sick side. In fact, as at 2013/2014, I was very sick and that was published by many newspapers, magazines and even the social media. But as God would have it, I was taken to United States of America by my children and brother, a surgeon gynecologist. I went for medical treatment in the US where I stayed for a while. I came back to Nigeria in May 2014. But since then, I have not been very active. I am still on medication. I have low blood flow into the heart, which is a very terrible disease. So, I just take things easy. And most times, my doctor would tell me, ‘Just rest, sir.”
5. When he was alive he was addicted to drinking, smoking and womanizing. He said this in an interview with Encomium: “Even when I was at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), as the landlord of Oluwalambe Lodge, Koko Close, I drank, smoked and womanized. And you know when you do all these things, the result can be negative sometimes. But I just want to tell you, God has been so good and merciful to me. As it is right now, I am enjoying the grace of God. I still keep my normal life but most of the time, I am in the church. I go for vigil, day and night. I pray to God all the time and He has always answered my prayers.”
6. Bakare had four children. They are Olabode, who is a pastor in the United States; Oluwamayowa, a businessman in Lagos, Oluwatofunmi who attended Ado Ekiti State University and Halimat.
7.He died from a disease diagnosed as Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm and Pulmonary Embolism.