Quote:Nollywood actor Desmond Asuzu is dead, Igbere TV can confirm.

According to information gathered by our correspondent, the actor was said to have slumped and died around 9pm on Tuesday.

His wife was said to have called fellow actor Desmond Elliot to announce the death to him.

Top Nigerian journalist at The Guardian Nigeria, Shaibu Husseini, also took to his Facebook account to confirm the passage of Asuzu.

Until his death, Ernest was said to have been battling with stroke since 2014. In January, 2020 a video of the actor pleading for alms went viral on social media.

In February, the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) announced it was making plans to help Ernest get back on his feet.

President of the guild, Emeka Rollas, said, “Other AGN members have begun to respond to the directives of the association toward assisting Asuzu. Ernest Asuzu is one of us. I have always identified with him since he developed stroke until there was a break in communication between them, but thank God that we have reconnected.”

Ernest Asuzu was also a rapper and producer. He is also known as El Cream and was born in Imo State.

He began his acting career in the 1990s and starred in several movies like ‘Royal War’, ‘Ogidan’, ‘Burning Desire’, ‘Never End’, ‘Broad DayLight’, ‘Last Wedding’, ‘Ugonna’ and ‘Labista’.

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Ernest Throwback Movie scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHCMvmeeIE

Mrs. Obiano Mourns Nollywood Actor, Ernest Asuzu

The wife of Governor of Anambra State and founder of Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), a charity-based organization, Dr. (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) has commiserated with Jennifer, the wife of Ernest Asuzu and entire Asuzu family, over the sudden demise of Nollywood actor and singer late yesterday.
 
Mrs. Obiano, who expressed the condolences on behalf of her family and her NGO, Caring Family Initiative, (CAFÉ), in a special release by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Emeka Ozumba, in Awka after confirming the incident by wife of the deceased, said that she is deeply grieved by the loss of Mr. Ernest Asuzu.
She described the late Nollywood actor and singer as a bubbly, hardworking young man whose progress was momentarily stalled by failing health.
 
In her words: “I am saddened by this news. Every death is a painful experience, but the death of someone dear to us like Ernest, leaves us devastated. I recall the last time I met him in February 2020 at Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, where we evacuated him for treatment and how he recovered and was in good health after two weeks. 

I also followed up on his progress thereafter and was glad that our effort at rehabilitating him was yielding positive result. “
“There is no doubt that the death of Ernest has created a vacuum in the family and in the Nigerian entertainment sector and has also left an abiding sense of loss among his friends and compatriots. However, as Christians we are consoled that there is an eternity with the Father to which His mercy admits us. Therefore, as we mourn his exit, let us not forget the ideals for which he lived. May his soul rest in peace.” Mrs. Obiano surmised.
 
It would be recalled that in April 2020, Mrs. Obiano intervened through her NGO, CAFÉ at the peak of Asuzu’s health challenges in Lagos and evacuated him to be treated in Awka Anambra State and on recovery returned back to base with his wife. It is quite unfortunate he had to die this soon. May the good Lord accept his soul.

Veteran actor, Ernest Asuzu’s widow, Jennifer speaks up against those writing “rubbish” about her late husband online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJuRTb38_2I

She said that Ernest Asuzu fought a lot of battles during the years he was sick; that Ernest Asuzu was healthy before his death.