Music icon, Onyeka Onwenu slumps, dies at a party
By Ologeh Joseph Chibu
Music icon, Onyeka Onwenu is dead.
She died on Tuesday after she slumped at a party in Lagos.
She was 72.
Irohinoodua was informed that she had earlier suffered high blood pressure which she had managed for some years.
She was attending the birthday party of Stella Okoli when the incidence happened
The 72-year-old was rushed to high class Reddington Hospital in Lagos State before she gave up the ghost.
“Doctors battled to save her life. They did their best but she died” a source close to the hospital told Irohinoodua.
She was born on 31 January 1952 at Obosi
Children.
Her children are Abraham Ogunlende, Tijani Ogunlende.
She was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other awards were
Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
