Veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs has passed away. The actor died on Sunday, June 30, at the age of 82.
Jacobs, a multiple award-winning actor, had been battling dementia for some time.
In a recent interview, his wife, Joke Silva, mentioned that his poor health had significantly changed him, noting that he was no longer the man she married 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.
“The husband I knew is no longer there for me. This man that is here is someone I still love, but love in a different way,” she said.
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