Late Amaechi Muonagor
Popular Nollywood Actor Amaechi Muonagor is dead.
Newsone Nigeria reports that Amaechi Muonagor suffered kidney failure and was on dialysis before his death.
This online news platform understands that Amaechi Muonagor’s death is coming just a few days after his viral video was seen, in which he solicited funds to help him have a Kidney transplant.
The popular Nollywood actor was seen in a video circulating on social media, looked, visibly frail, pleaded for help while lying on a hospital bed. Accompanied by his colleague Kingsley Orji, who spoke on his behalf, Muonagor’s plea highlighted the urgent need for funds to facilitate the life-saving surgery.
Orji revealed that financial constraints had forced Muonagor to leave the teaching hospital, exacerbating his deteriorating condition.
Speaking on behalf of the ailing actor, Orji stated, “He has been in this condition for months now… He wants to go for a kidney transplant. We want you to help us for him to travel to India.”
Muonagor’s health struggles have been ongoing, with a previous battle against paralysis affecting half of his body.
In 2023, the actor sought financial assistance for his deteriorating condition, he said: “I’m sick, this thing that is called stroke caught up with me, and from there they rushed me to the hospital. The first hospital they rushed me to was in Nnewi, where I spent some two months and I was referred to Teaching Hospital Nnewi and here I am.
I was on a movie set with Emeka Ani, Patience Ozokwo, Rita Edochie, and Ebele Okaro. I was about to enter my car when I was struck with this problem and since then it has been getting worse. Right now, I can’t move, I can’t walk on my own. Half of my left leg is paralyzed, and my left hand is not movable, so it is a problem for me.
“I’m calling on well-spirited individuals to come to my assistance, to see how they can help me. It is paralysis, half of my body,” he had said.
The tragic news of Mounagor’s death was confirmed by a family source on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Amaechi Muonagor died at 64 and is the father of four children.
The actor, famous for his comical roles, passed away after a protracted battle with kidney disease, diabetes, and stroke.
Meanwhile, as of the time of filing this report, the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), the umbrella association he belongs to has yet to issue any statement on his demise.
Amaechi Muonagor death comes weeks after another Nollywood actor Mr Ibu died.