Olumide Bakare
{{Short description|Nigerian actor (1953–2017)}}
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| birth_place = Oyo State, Nigeria
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| death_place = Ibadan, Nigeria
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Olumide Bakare{{Audio|Yo-Olumide Bakare.ogg|listen|help=no}} (26 November 1953 – 22 April 2017) was a Nigerian actor.{{cite web| url = https://dailypost.ng/2017/04/22/dele-odule-reveals-fellow-actor-olumide-bakare-died/| title = Dele Odule reveals how fellow actor, Olumide Bakare, died - Daily Post Nigeria| date = 22 April 2017}}
Career
Bakare began his acting career in the sitcom Koko Close where he featured as Chief Koko with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).{{cite web| url = http://www.punchng.com/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-late-olumide-bakare/| title = Five things you didn't know about Olumide Bakare - Punch Newspapers| date = 23 April 2017}}
Selected filmography
- Ise Onise (2009)
- Ofin Kokonla (2005)
- Oromodie (2008) as Judge Iyilade
- Maami (2011) as Otunba Bamisaye
- Last Flight to Abuja (2012) as Elderly man
- Doctor Bello (2013) as Chief Idowu
- Kofo the first lady (2014)
- Gbogbomolo {{Cite web|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/olumide-bakare-top-5-movies-starring-late-actor/8jxm9ey|title = Top 5 movies starring late actor|date = 22 April 2017}}
Death
Bakare died on 22 April 2017 in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria due to heart and lung disease. He battled with illness for over a year and later in earlier 2017, he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the emergency unit of University College Hospital and placed in intensive care. According to Mufu Onifade—former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP)—in his condolence message:
{{blockquote|“He had a successful surgery and after the surgery, he talked to people and told them he was fine. But two hours later, he passed on".{{Cite web|date=22 April 2017|title=Veteran Nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare, is Dead {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/229318-veteran-nollywood-actor-olumide-bakare-dead.html|access-date=27 March 2021|language=en-GB}}}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=2540202|name=Olumide Bakare}}
Category:20th-century Nigerian male actors
Category:Male actors in Yoruba cinema
Category:Deaths from lung disease
Category:21st-century Nigerian male actors