Veteran Nollywood actor, Yinka Ogundaisi, who starred in The Village Headmaster in 1958, has died, a close family member said.
The actor died on Wednesday after battling a prolonged illness.
Before his death, Ogundaisi suffered from leg paralysis and asked for financial assistance to undergo surgery. However, the target fund could not be met.
In 2013, he was diagnosed with twisted intestines, a hernia, and an enlarged prostate, according to reports.
He then had problems as a result of back pains, which he was claimed to have battled for several years.
Ogundaisi was a cinema, television, and radio actor, writer, and director.
After the late Duro Ladipo, he was the second actor to play the iconic Sango in the film Oba Koso.
Also, he wrote The Charmed Lock, a crime fiction thriller based on African hypnotism.
The death of the seasoned actor was confirmed by a statement by Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to members of the Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a group the late filmmaker/film marker belonged to.
It reads: “Today, this morning, one phase of history came to an end. Erin ti wo.
“The elephant rises no more. Yinka Ogundaisi bid this world farewell at dawn.
“It was Kate Adepegba who dropped the bomb on my lap. I called Uncle Yinka’s number to confirm and rudely, it was so.”
The veteran actor had been ill for a long tim.
Ogundaisi was the next actor to play the legendary Sango in ‘Oba Koso’ after the late Chief Duro Ladipo.
He resuscitated and repackaged the longest-running Yoruba TV programme, ‘FEYIKOGBON.’
A member of the cast of ‘The Village Headmaster,’ he also authored a crime fiction titled ‘The Charmed Lock.’
His movie credits include – Give and Take, Destiny, Hostess, Ọmọge (Damsel), – Pardonable, Unforgivable, Happy Homes (a drama series once aired on DSTV among others.