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The death of veteran actor Alhaji Taiwo Hassan, known across generations of audiences as “Ogogo”, has prompted an outpouring of national grief and retrospection. Passing away at the age of 66 after a battle with stage-four cancer, Hassan was among the final cohort of performers whose careers bridged the foundational era of Nigerian travelling theatre,…
The death of Taiwo Hassan, the veteran actor known to millions of Nigerians simply as Ogogo, has drawn tributes across the film industry and renewed attention to the fragile support available to ageing entertainers who fall seriously ill. Hassan died on Sunday, 23 August 2026, at the age of 66, after a battle with…
