Amaechi Muonagor: Nollywood not haunted – Rita Edochie
Following the death of Nollywood veteran actor, Amaechi Muonagor, his colleague, Rita Edochie, has asked Nigerians to dismiss the thought that the movie industry is haunted by the spirit of death.
The thespian, in a post made on her Instagram page, stressed that Nollywood actors are humans too so death is inevitable for them.
Reacting to people questioning the incessant death in the industry, Edochie argued that they are only bothered because the thespians are well known, stating that people die in every industry daily.
“Celebrities are humans as well; the same way other people in different walks of life die, that is the same way celebrities die too,” she said.
She further stated that people easily react to news of the death of celebrities, either positively or negatively, due to their popularity, following the impacts they had made in the entertainment industry.
“If teachers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, and women, even pastors can die, then what is so different about the deaths of filmmakers?
“People, especially in Nigeria, often come up with questions like; what is happening in Nollywood? Why are actors dying? something has gone ‘bla bla bla: what has gone wrong?
“Are actors not humans too? Please questions like this are annoying and ought to stop because death is only a displeasing call of nature,” she wrote.
