Tobi Adebayo
Nollywood actress, Doris Chima has died after a long battle with breast cancer.
Chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (Lagos chapter), Emeka Rising Ibe, confirmed her death to The Nation.
Ibe described Chima’s death as a great loss to the industry, adding that he was yet to visit the family.
“She called me last week and pleaded due to ill health not to remove her from the verification exercise I embarked on to ascertain true members of the guild in Lagos.
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“Yesterday morning, I got a call that she was dead. Though I am yet to visit the family, it is a great loss for us. I pray for the repose of her soul,” he said.
Doris Chima was a foundation member of AGN and former vice-chairperson of the Guild’s Lagos chapter.
