Remi Abiola

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Remi Abiola
BornMarch 30,1952
Died29 July 2009(2009-07-29) (aged 56)
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
Years active1970-2009
SpouseMoshood Abiola
Children2

Remi Abiola (listen) (30 March 1952– 29 July 2009) was a Nigerian film actress and spouse of the late Moshood Abiola, a Nigerian business magnate and politician.[1] She died of cancer in New York City on 29 July 2009. She was survived by two children: Abimbola Umardeen and Olajumoke Adetoun.[2][3][4]

Career[edit]

Abiola trained as an actress at the Fielding School for Dramatic Arts in England in the 1970s after she left the defunct Nigerian Airways as a flight attendant. When she came back to Nigeria, she auditioned for roles and took part in a TV series anchored by Bayo Awala and Tunde Oloyede, which aired on NTA Channel 10.[5] [6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sunset for top yoruba actress-Remi Abiola". Vanguard News. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ "How Star actress Remi Abiola died". World News. April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "nollywood actress-Remi Abiola dies". Vanguard News. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ Opeyemi Gbenga Mustapha (June 14, 2014). "Curbing the cancer menace". The Nation. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Sunset for top Yoruba actress, Remi Abiola ::Vanguard (Nigeria)". Archived from the original on 2010-10-13.
  6. ^ "I Was Mko's Wife, Not Mistress - Remi Abiola".