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Nigeria’s highlife artiste Orlando Julius dies at 79

Th late Orlando Julius on stage

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.

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