Nigerian actor, content creator and influencer Odira Nwobu has died in South Africa at the age of 43, his lawyer and the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria have confirmed. The news has shocked fans and colleagues across Nigeria and beyond.

According to the actor’s legal representative, Chukwujiekwu Chukwudi, emergency services were called to a hotel in Benoni, near Johannesburg, after Nwobu was found alone in his room “gasping for breath.” Paramedics attempted to revive him using a defibrillator, but he died at the scene before he could be taken to hospital. A coroner’s report is expected to determine the official cause of death.

Nwobu was known for his comedic persona, youthful “babyface,” and appeared in more than 60 films during his career. Born in 1982 in Enugu State, Nigeria, his first profes

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