{"id":2704,"date":"2020-06-10T00:19:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2020-06-10T00:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:19:08","slug":"profile-death-tales-told-about-olu-jacob-is-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/profile-death-tales-told-about-olu-jacob-is-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFILE: Death tales told about Olu Jacob is fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"
News broke out via on Tuesday that Nigeria’s veteran Nollywood actor is death, but after all, it is a fake news.<\/p>\n
The unverified news circulated via the social media that the 77-year old thespian passed away.<\/p>\n
However, the news was later debunked by family sources that it was not true.<\/p>\n
Olu Jacobs is alive, a family source said.<\/p>\n
Born Oludotun Jacobs on 11 July 1942 in Ogun State, Nigeria to parents Egba Alake, he grew up in Kano and also schooled in the northern state.<\/p>\n
Olu Jacobs’ love for acting started at a young age when he was a member of the debate and drama society at Holy Trinity school were he got his secondary education.<\/p>\n
Hubert Ogunde\u2019s annual concert party at Colonial Hotel in Kano, was what opened his mind to the world of acting.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>George Flyod buried amid emotional, passionate, political tributes at funeral<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n He later travelled to England to study arts and enrolled into\u00a0The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.<\/p>\n There, he starred in several British television series and international films between the 1970s and 80s.<\/p>\n While he was still in England, he featured in underground TV shows like\u00a0 Till Death Us Do Part, Barlow at Large, The Goodies -this was in the 70s.<\/p>\n Olu Jacobs went international in the 80s when he starred in movies like;\u00a0The Dogs of War, directed by John Irvin, Roman Polanski\u2019s\u00a0adventure-comedy\u00a0Pirates, those old enough in the 80s would also remember the family adventure film\u00a0Baby:\u00a0Secret of the Lost Legend, which also featured the veteran actor.<\/p>\n Olu Jacobs\u2019 other international works include \u2018Barlow at Large,\u2019 \u2018The Venturers,\u2019 \u2018Angels,\u2019 \u20181990,\u2019 \u2018The Tomorrow People,\u2019 \u2018The Professionals,\u2019 among others.<\/p>\n On television series, he was a cast in TVS\u2019 The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983 series). In Nigeria, Olu Jacobs has starred in over 150 Nollywood films.<\/p>\n Today he has become an inspiration to younger actors in the industry as well as aspiring actors.<\/p>\n In 2007, he won the\u00a0African Movie Academy Award\u00a0for\u00a0Best Actor in a Leading Role and in 2013, he\u00a0was honoured with the Industry\u2019s Merit Award for outstanding achievements in acting at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.<\/p>\n Olu Jacobs is not one who leaves his personal life bare to the public.\u00a0The veteran actor has been married to co-thespian and popular actress, Joke Silva for over 30-years and they are blessed with two sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" News broke out via on Tuesday that Nigeria’s veteran Nollywood actor is death, but after all, it is a fake news. The unverified news circulated via the social media that the 77-year old thespian passed […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14,3,2],"tags":[478,479,480,477],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-2704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-culture","8":"category-features","9":"category-latest-news","10":"category-top-news","11":"tag-fake-news","12":"tag-joke-silva","13":"tag-nollywood","14":"tag-olu-jacobs"},"yoast_head":"\n