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A Nollywood actor, Pope Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, is dead.
The news of his death was shared on Wednesday, April 10, by filmmaker, Samuel Olatunji.
He mentioned that the actor, along with three others, tragically lost their lives when their boat capsized.
“Four actors including Jnr Pope fell into Anam River on their way to a location and their bodies have been recovered.
Junior Pope leaves behind his wife and three children.
In a video he posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday, Junior Pope, who was on a boat without a life jacket, begged the captain to go slowly.
The Nollywood actor told his followers to see how actors risk their lives to entertain them.
He began to plead with the captain to go slowly as he shouted, “I have three children to raise.”
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