BISI KOMOLAFE  – Nollywood Actress. Aged 27

GOLDIE HARVEY – Singer/Song Writer. Aged 30

JUSTUS ESIRI – Famous Actor, aged 70

TAYO ADEYEMI– Founding Pastor New Wine Church, UK. Aged 49

LUGARD ONOYEMU – Nollywood Actor

COLLINS IFEANYI CHUKWU – Nollywood Actor/Producer/Director

OKEY ISIMA – Ex-National team Footballer. Aged 57

OBEHI OMOKHEGBE – CEO of Chup Knuckle Entertainment.

FLAVIAN OKOJIE – Nollywood Actor shot dead.

 RAY DANIELS OKEUGO – Nollywood Actor/international Photographer

CHINUA ACHEBE – World acclaimed Writer. Aged 82

PROPHET OBADARE – Evangelist. Aged 83

 DAMINO DAMOCHE– Murdered Hip Hop Artiste.

FATAI ROLLING DOLLAR – Veteran Highlife musician. Aged 87

FATHER U TURN – Olufemi Mayom. – Musician. Aged 36

OKUNSANYAS (Father and Son) – Celebrity Undertakers.

DEJI FALAE – Ondo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism. Aged 43

ALHAJI ALADE ODUNEWU (Allah De) – Veteran journalist. Aged 85

ADENIKE OGUNGBE – Makeup Artist.

TONY UMOLE – Nollywood Actor

Prophet Elijah IRETIOLA AJANAKU – Founder, Christ Revival Victory Chapel International (CRVCI)

ABUBAKAR SHEKAU – Boko Haram leader. Death Reported, unverified.

PETER OBE – Famous Photographer. Aged 81

OLUBUNMI ADEDAYO, TFC Heir.

BOKO HARAM VICTIMS. Number of deaths unconfirmed

DEATHS FROM PLANE CRASHES. Numbers unconfirmed.

JANET ATAYERO-OLUSEYE – Nollywood Yoruba Actress. Aged 32

The list above comprise of 26 notable Nigerian celebrities that passed on in 2013. The death of these celebrities were widely reported and touched many Nigerians. I may have missed out on some obvious names, please feel free to bring these to my attention and I shall update the list. and for readers who had bereavement inn the family, do accept my condolence. May their souls rest in peace.

 

RANKER has provided a comprehensive list of famous actors and actresses that died in 2013.

11Alive.com also compiled a list of Notable personalities in the world that passed on in 2013. This list includes Mandela, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano on HBO’s “The Sopranos”.