31/07/2024
Emzor pharmaceutical founder, Dame Stella Okoli, invited the legendary and evergreen musician, Onyeka Onwenu, to perform at her 80th birthday celebration.
The celebration took place at Stella Okoli's Ikoyi palatial home.
The elegant stallion Onwenu was present at the celebration, and after giving her best performance for the invited birthday guests, as she always does, she collapsed immediately.
They rushed her to the Reddigton hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos, unconscious and in a coma. Unfortunately, her condition did not improve before they pronounced her dead.
She was 72.
This year has been a nightmare, and it has taken a toll.
Onyeka Onwenu has a special place in my generation's hearts, as we grew up listening to her heartwarming music.
She made our childhood special and beautiful, and the fond memories of her music are ones we would forever live with, some of her evergreen music are playing on my head as I’m typing this.
As we grieve and mourn her passing, we find solace in the fact that she bowed out, engaging in the very craft she adores and which fundamentally transformed her life.
May her soul rest in peace.
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