Veteran Actor, Olu Jacobs is alive, despite rumour making the rounds on social media that he was dead.
Speaking via her official Facebook account this evening, his wife, Joke Silva debunked the report, saying the “family found the development so depressing members had to speak out. She disclosed this today via his official Facebook account.
Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs (Olu Jacobs for short), internationally acclaimed Nigerian actor and film executive, was born on 11 July 1942. As contained in many biographical information on him, as aggregated by Wikipedia, he has starred in several British television series and international films. – ‘Olu Jacobs has been hailed by many as one of the greatest and most widely respected African actors of his generation. –
Together with Pete Edochie, Justus Esiri, Enebeli Elebuwa and Sam Loco Efe, he is considered by several media, film commentators, critics, and other actors to be one of the most influential African actors of all time, and is widely regarded as a cultural icon.