FAMILY DISPEL OLU JACOBS' DEATH RUMOURS, SAYS HE IS ALIVE AND WELL

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Olu Jacobs, a veteran of Nollywood, is still alive, his family announced on Sunday amidst fervent death reports and conjectures on social media.

Soji’s first son, who is an acting legend, said that his 80-year-old father is still alive, despite what has been widely reported online.

Soji sent a video to a journalists showing the famous actor sitting comfortably with his beard removed.

The elderly and gaunt-looking Jacobs was overheard conversing sharply with his barber and other people throughout the activity.

Since his actress wife Joke Silva revealed her husband’s health issues in November 2021, there have been several rumours regarding Jacobs’s purported “death.”

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Back in 2021, Silva, the 62-year-old respected actress and longtime wife of Jacobs, revealed that her husband has been battling with Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) for a couple of years, hence, his absence from movie screens.

“He is dealing with issues and it has been going on for a couple of years. It is known as dementia with Lewy Body. It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and it is almost like a Parkinson’s type of disease, it affects the brain so you don’t see the shaking. It affects the person,” she had said in a Channels Television interview.

“It’s been hard on him because he doesn’t understand what is going on and also on family members as well. We have gone through it over the past couple of years and we thank God.

“We have gone through some times and situations recently that I wish I had the old you here so I don’t battle these times on my own but we are grateful for the moment of clarity. I miss the times we worked together,” she added.

The veteran actor, who won a lifetime achievement award at the Africa International Film Festival Awards in Lagos the same year, would later share a frail-looking picture of himself on his Instagram handle, attracting a cocktail of sympathy, best wishes and prayers from friends and fans.

The legendary actor has also been seen at selected social functions, aided by his loving wife while fans continue to hope for his recovery.