Veteran Nigerian actor Gbenga Richards is dead. According to reports, he died on May 12, 2022. This is coming after years of suffering from diabetes and related ailments.
Gbenga was very popular on our screens back in the 90s and early 2000s. However, his enviable career was cut short due to his sickness.
In 2021, funds were solicited for him to help carry out a surgery.
The public somehow came to his rescue to raise the money.
Comic actor, Ime Bishop Umoh, also known as Okon, and Emmanuel Ehumadu, popularly known as Labista, took to social media to seek financial assistance for him at that time
Sadly, however, he has died a few months later..
Richards’ first appearance as an actor was to represent Nigeria with Hubert Ogunde at the Second World Black and African Festival of African Culture (FESTAC) in 1977.
He also featured in blockbuster movies like ‘Sango’, ‘Mirror in the Sun’, ‘Betrayal by Love’, ‘Fighting Machine’ and a host of others.
May his soul rest in perfect peace!
From vimbuzz.com