{"id":20765,"date":"2013-12-12T23:06:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T22:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=20765"},"modified":"2013-12-12T23:06:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T22:06:56","slug":"veteran-nollywood-actor-olumide-bakare-is-reportedly-down-with-a-heart-related-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/veteran-nollywood-actor-olumide-bakare-is-reportedly-down-with-a-heart-related-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare is reportedly down with a heart related disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to report, the famous \u2018Chief Koko\u2019 of the infamous \u2018Koko Close\u2019 TV series of the early 80s has been hospitalized for some time now due to the severity of the ailment.<br \/>\nThough Olumide has been discharged, he is still not enjoying the best of health. Those who see him always have said the very active and energetic actor is not looking anything strong.<br \/>\nSpeaking with a Lagos based magazine recently, the actor said, \u201cI\u2019m weak; I cannot do anything for now. I\u2019ve also not been able to work for a while now as a result if this illness, so I\u2019m calling on well-meaning Nigerians for support.\u201d<br \/>\nThe veteran actor who has featured in films such as, \u2018Oduduwa,\u2019 \u2018Maroro,\u2019 \u201cChief Koko Close,\u201d and many others is said to have relocated to Ibadan, Oyo State, where he is recuperating.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to report, the famous \u2018Chief Koko\u2019 of the infamous \u2018Koko Close\u2019 TV series of the early 80s has been hospitalized for some time now due to the severity of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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