Veteran Actress Bukky Ajayi Dies At 82

Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi, passed away yesterday, 6th of July, 2016, at age 82.

According to reports, no much details has been given about her death.

The award-winning and talented actress made her last public appearance at the 2016 AMVCA in March where she won the AMVCA Merit Award and cried bitterly on stage.

At the event, the actress said: “I am very happy from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could stand up but if I do I will fall. But you all standing for me. I say thank you.”

With tears rolling down her cheeks, the octogenarian actress pleaded with anyone she has offended to forgive her just as she has forgiven anyone that has offended her.

The late actress was also buried yesterday at ATAN Cemetery by 4 pm. Her body leaves her residence at 20, Alawode Street, Surulere, Marsha, beside Kilo Hotel.

Things you need to know about Bukky Ajayi, according to Vanguard.

1. She was born a christian but converted to Islam in the early eighties and chose the name Zainab.

2. Her love for the theatre started as a young girl when her father used to take her to the cinemas.

3. She studied in England. She was abroad for six years, as a Federal government scholar.

4. She left England and came back to Nigeria after her education in 1965 and started out working in Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) as a presentation assistant in 1966.

5. Afterwards, she became a presenter and then a news reader. She presented a couple of children’s programmes and ‘Nigerian’s Sketches,’ a programme which was all about Nigerian culture, and Diran Ajijedidun of blessed memory was her producer.

6. She was later transferred to Port Harcourt and later back to Lagos, and it was at that time she started her acting career.

7. She started with the ‘Village Headmaster’ in the 70s, and she later got a role in Amaka Igwe’s ‘Checkmate.’

8. She has featured in so many home videos that she has lost count.Shooting of international film ‘Critical Assignment’ in South Africa, is one of the events of her life that she will never forget. It gave her an opportunity to see how it is done elsewhere, other than Nigeria, where a movie is shot in five days.

9. Bukky Ajayi’s popular movies include Mother of George, Indecent Girl, Diamond Ring, Witches, Thunderbolt among others.

10. She’s Jazzman Olofin’s grandmother-In-law

Photos from the burial of the late actress… according to Muslim rites and custom.

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May her soul rest in perfect peace, Amen.