{"id":66595,"date":"2025-05-26T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66595"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:03:12","slug":"tears-as-nollywood-star-tolani-akintunde-passes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/26\/tears-as-nollywood-star-tolani-akintunde-passes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears as Nollywood Star Tolani Akintunde Passes On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nollywood is once again in mourning following the sudden death of actress Tolani Akintunde, a beloved face from hit television dramas Everyday People and Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran actress reportedly died in the United Kingdom after suffering a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>The news broke through a heartfelt post by media personality and Best of Nollywood Awards organiser, Seun Oloketuyi, sparking a wave of grief across social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Akintunde, who left Nigeria years ago in search of better opportunities, had been living quietly in the UK where she built a life in business.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her absence from the screen, she remained fondly remembered by fans and colleagues for her charm and contributions to early Nollywood storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has since become a gallery of tributes. One user, Omotayo Elebijo, wrote, \u201cSun re oo Tola. You will be remembered for making people around you happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Family sources say her daughter is devastated by the news and struggling to come to terms with the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Akintunde\u2019s death marks another painful blow to the Nigerian entertainment industry which has seen a string of losses this year, including Monalisa Stephen, Rotimi Raji, and Nkechi Nweje who was recently buried in Anambra.<\/p>\n<p>Her memory now joins the roll of stars whose legacies continue to light up the hearts of fans even in death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Nollywood is once again in mourning following the sudden death of actress Tolani Akintunde, a beloved face from hit television dramas Everyday People and Palace. The veteran actress reportedly died in the United Kingdom after suffering a heart attack. The news broke through a heartfelt post by media personality and Best of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66597,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66595\/revisions\/66597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}