BURIAL DATE FOR VETERAN ACTOR, DEJUMO LEWIS REVEALED
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By Oduola F.A.
Details of the funeral ceremony of veteran actor, Dejumo Lewis, has been revealed. He died on the 23rd of December, 2023 at the age of 80.
A Nollywood source revealed the details to hotjist.com.
The wake-keep is scheduled for February 1. On February 2, the lying-in state will take place, followed by a funeral mass and private burial.
Details of Funeral below:
Wake-keep
Date- Thursday 1st February 2024
Venue- St. Leo’s Catholic Church
Time: 5:00p.m
Lying-in-State
Date: Friday 2nd February 2024
Venue: The Caring Global Resources Morgue, Lagos Island
Time: 7:30a.m to 9:30a.m
Funeral Mass
Date: Friday 2nd February 2024
Venue: Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos Island
Time 10:00a.m
A Private Internment follows after the Funeral Mass.
A Legend of the Industry
Dejumo Lewis embodied the wise and dignified king in Nigeria’s longest-running soap opera “Village Headmaster,” for decades.
Born in 1943 in Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, Lewis’s path to acting was far from conventional. He began his career not in the limelight but behind the scenes, first as a programmer and later as a producer/director, where he honed his skills in Nigeria and abroad.
Yet, the allure of storytelling proved irresistible. In 1964, Lewis was drawn to the nascent world of Nigerian television.
Initially, Dejumo Lewis joined the “Village Headmaster” cast as a freelance actor. But his talent and charisma were soon undeniable. In 1968, he was offered the role of Kabiyesi, the wise and benevolent king who presided over the show’s fictional village.
It was a role that would become Lewis’s signature, one he inhabited with such grace and authority that he transcended the screen, becoming a beloved figure in Nigerian households.
For 20 years (1968 to 1989), Lewis reigned as Kabiyesi, witnessing the evolution of Nigerian television alongside the changing tapestry of his nation.
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