Tag: Gbenga Richards

Barely two days after the death of a veteran Nollywood actor, Gbenga Richards, another death has occurred in the industry, as Leonard Chimezie Onyemaechi, popularly known as Leo Mezei, 46, died on Saturday in Abuja while recovering from a kidney transplant.   Leo Mezei’s death was announced by his colleague, Chioma Toplis, on Instagram on Monday.   She wrote: “Actor Leo Mezie is dead. He died on Saturday in Abuja while recovering from a kidney transplant. His corpse has been moved to Umuahia his hometown. RIP Leo.”   TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that he had a kidney transplant over 6 years ago, and had another one last week, but began to develop complications and died on Saturday, the 14th of May.   The news came barely a month after popular Nigerian music producer, OJB Jezreel, passed on. The latter died three years after he underwent a kidney transplant.   In 2016, Leo Mezie shared his account details and welcomed contributions while his colleagues rallied around to raise the over 60,000 pounds required to carry out a transplant.   Leo featured in movies like Royal Messenger, Secret Adventure, Final War, Total War and Heart of a Slave.