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  THE DEATH OF PA FATAI ROLLING DOLLAR  

 

The musician died at the age of 85.

Shocking as Nigerias great musictian Fatai Rolling Dollar, is dead. He died at the age of 85.

His wife, Zainab Olagunju, confirmed the news  in a telephone interview.

The bereaved said the musician was receiving treatment in America as he fell ill in that country. She said that few days after arrival in Nigeria, he complained of inability to walk properly. He was subsequently taken to a private hospital at Ogunlana Drive in Surulere area of Lagos State.

The late musician’s wife said her husband was on admittance in the hospital for over a week, before he finally passed away early Wednesday morning.

“Yes it is true, Baba is dead. He died this morning at a private hospital located in Ogunlana drive of Surulere in Lagos,” Fatai’s widow told reporters that

Fatai’s bill was being footed by an organisation for whom he worked as a model in an advertisement.

Ms. Olagunju said arrangements are being made to move his corpse to a mortuary in Lagos.

The late musician was often referred to as ageless because of his agile performances. Perhaps his most popular song was one of his singles, ‘Won kere si number wa.‘
ALSO,
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has expressed sadness on the passage of highlife icon, Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju saying the loss of the musical innovator would reverberate around the musical world and beyond.

In a condolence letter to Funmilayo Olagunju, the widow of the late musician popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar, Governor Fashola said he was a first rate guitarist under whose tutelage several other musical legends learnt to play the instrument. ‘’Your husband was a musical innovator who made a great contribution to the profile of Nigerian Highlife music on the global stage,’’ he said.

According to the Governor, Rolling Dollar is assured of his place amongst the pantheon of Nigerian musical greats with hits like ‘Won Kere si Number Wa’ and ‘Saworo’ enduring in the memory of generations to come
’Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s it was impossible to escape the presence of this iconic genius across Lagos. I am pleased and gratified that in the latter part of his life Lagos State was able to reacquaint itself once again with his singular talents,’’ he said.
  
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"i used to love this song so much especialy when i saw it oin an advertisement which he did. may your soul rest in perfect peace with the lord

amen"

    WORLD OLDEST MAN DIES AGED 115

Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest person, and the oldest man to have ever lived, has died at the age of 116.
Kimura – who was born on 19 April 1897, when Queen Victoria was on the British throne – died of natural causes early on Wednesday, Japanese media said.
The Kyoto prefecture resident became the oldest man in recorded history in late December 2012 at the age of 115 years and 253 days, following the death of Dina Manfredini, an Italian-American who lived in Iowa. The longest-living person in history was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who died in 1997 at the age of 122.
Kimura died in hospital in his hometown of Kyotango, local government officials said. He had been receiving treatment for pneumonia since late last month.
In a sign of Japan's extraordinary longevity, his successor as the world's oldest person is compatriot Misao Okawa, a 115-year-old Osaka woman who already holds the title of the world's oldest woman.

 

 

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Until his death Kimura was one of only a dozen people alive who were born in the 1890s. He lived through the reign of four Japanese emperors and the administrations of 61 prime ministers.
Kimura conceded that he spent a lot of time in bed at the home he shared with his grandson's widow, Eiko Kimura, who served him his favourite breakfast of rice porridge and miso soup.
He put his longevity down to waking early, eating small amounts, reading the newspaper and watching parliamentary debates on television.
Genetics may have also played a part: four of his siblings lived beyond the age of 90 and his youngest brother died aged 100. Kimura had seven grandchildren, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren.
After leaving school at 14 Kimura spent 45 years working for the post office. He was retired more than half a century but helped on his son's farm until he was 90.
Okawa, who was born in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, has said that she is not fussy about what she eats, although she's fond of pickled mackerel. Her new status has yet to be confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Japan's average life expectancy when Kimura was born was around 44 years; it now stands at 83. The country is home to more than 51,000 centenarians and around 20 supercentenarians, or people aged 110 or older.