{"id":73821,"date":"2025-08-21T05:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73821"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:53:23","slug":"veteran-nollywood-actor-fabian-adibe-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/21\/veteran-nollywood-actor-fabian-adibe-dies-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Nollywood Actor Fabian Adibe Dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veteran Nollywood actor Fabian Adibe, famed for his unforgettable role in the NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe\u2019s classic Things Fall Apart, has died at the age of 82.<\/p>\n<p>Adibe, who marked his 82nd birthday in February 2025, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by Seun Oloketuyi, CEO of Best of Nollywood, who wrote on social media: \u201cThe actor from \u2018Things Fall Apart,\u2019 Fabian Adibe, has passed away. He died at 2:30 am this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His commanding yet gentle screen presence in Things Fall Apart earned him critical acclaim and endeared him to audiences across generations. For many, his performance became inseparably tied to Achebe\u2019s masterpiece, cementing his place as one of Nigeria\u2019s most respected actors.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have since poured in from fans, colleagues, and admirers, who described him as a \u201cgentle soul\u201d and a legend whose artistry shaped Nigerian cinema.<\/p>\n<p>As the entertainment industry mourns, Adibe is remembered not only for his iconic role but also for his enduring contribution to the growth of film and television in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy, colleagues say, will continue to inspire generations of actors to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Veteran Nollywood actor Fabian Adibe, famed for his unforgettable role in the NTA adaptation of Chinua Achebe\u2019s classic Things Fall Apart, has died at the age of 82. Adibe, who marked his 82nd birthday in February 2025, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday. The news was confirmed by Seun Oloketuyi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":73822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73821","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\/73821","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73823,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73821\/revisions\/73823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}