Another Nigerian music idol Orlando Julius Ekemode better known with the stage name Orlando Julius is dead.
Orlando Julius, a native of Ijebu-Jesha, in Osun State, died at the age of 79 after a brief illness.
The wife, Latoya Julius broke the new early on Friday.
Orlando julius, one of the nation’s proponents of Afro/Highlife Music, is a gentleman and a fine Saxophonist.
The Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company, Bimbo Esho, who broke the news early Friday described the the late Afro/Highlife maestro as a gentleman and a saxophonist who brought a lot of energy to stagecraft and African music.
She prayed God grants the entire Ekemode family as well as the widow, Latoya, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.