Late Henrietta |
Yoruba actor and movie producer, Prince Jide Kosoko, has lost one of his wives, Henrietta Kosoko.
Henrietta, who was also an actress, was
said to have died at the Sacred Heart Catholic Hospital, Lantoro,
Abeokuta on Monday morning. She was 53-year old.
The car reportedly suffered brakes failure and crashed, with Henriatta sustaining injuries in the head.
Since then, she was said to have regularly been visiting the Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment.
Her condition was said to have
deteriorated about a week ago when she was reportedly brought back to
the hospital, where she eventually died on Monday.
But another report had it that she
slumped and went into a coma on Monday morning and she was rushed down
to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
Efforts made by one of our
correspondents who visited the Emergency Unit of the hospital to get
details of the incident did not yield any positive result.
The members of staff who spoke to him
said she was not brought to the unit, as one of them explained that she
might have been taken to a private ward.
Meanwhile, her remains was said to have been deposited in a morgue.
Although efforts to speak with Kosoko
did not yield fruits, a Yoruba actor based in Abeokuta, Bolaji Amusan,
popularly known as Baba Latin, confirmed Henrietta’s death but he did
not give details.
When our correspondent called him on the telephone for confirmation, he said, “It is true.”
Head of the Ogun State Theatre Arts and
Motion Pictures Producers Association of Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Adesanya,
said he also heard about the death of Henrietta, but the details were
sketchy.
Speaking in an emotion-laden tone,
Adesanya said, “We heard today that she (Henrietta) died in Sacred Heart
Hospital in Abeokuta. We also gathered that she was taken to the
hospital a week ago.
“She had a terrible accident last year
and she had been accessing treatment at the hospital. It is a very sad
incident. We learnt her remains had been deposited in the mortuary.”
Adesanya described the late Delta-State
born actress as an “excellent actress, well behaved and good wife, who
displayed utmost dignity in everything she did.”
Kosoko had, in the past, lost two wives and he is now left with one, Bimbo.
Meanwhile, some Yoruba actresses have reacted to Henrietta’s demise.
One of them, Dayo Amusa, described her death as sad.
She said, “It is sad and it came as a shock.”
Also, Moji Olaiya, who said her death was a rude shock, prayed God to have mercy on the soul of the late actress.
She stated, “It was a rude shock. I
don’t know what to say but I pray that Allah will have mercy on her
soul. May her soul rest in peace.”
Also, various film-makers, especially on the Ibadan Film Circle online forum, expressed shock at the actress’ passage.
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