Olu Jacobs
Olu Jacobs alive, son dismisses death report as untrue
Veteran Nollywood actor, Olu Jacobs, is not dead, his son, Soji, was quotes to have said.
Soji’s position dismissed reports trending in the public space that the multiple award-winning actor was dead on Sunday at 82.
Soji, who spoke with the Publisher of QEDNG, Olumide Iyanda, on the phone on Sunday, said: “The family is tired of this rumour that keeps recurring every year.
“We have been getting calls from all over the world from people who want to confirm if the story is true.
“My mum (Joke Silva) is on the phone right now answering multiple calls.
“This is annoying.”
Another source told The Eagle Online that the response from the family is that Jacobs is alive.
The source said: “The family said though he has been down, he is still alive.”
Earlier reports stated that Olu Jacobs
finally succumbed to death from dementia, which he had battle for some time.
However, in a recent interview, his wife Joke Silva said her husband’s poor health had changed him significantly, adding that Olu Jacobs is no longer the man she walked down the aisle with 37 years ago.
“It hasn’t been easy. There was a point of acceptance for me that everything happening is reality. It is like the person I married, 80 per cent of the time, is no longer there,” she said.
“But the thing is this: when he was there, he was an incredible father to his children and an amazing husband. He was practically my best friend.”
Silva said despite her husband’s health challenge, she has not stopped loving him.
