NOLLYWOOD ACTOR MUNA IBEKWE DIES AFTER LONG BATTLE WITH KIDNEY FAILURE

Nollywood actor Muna Ibekwe is gone too soon. One of our readers who  saw him in a cab which drove right past his house a few days ago stated that he didn't look like all was well. 

He died this afternoon around 4:15pm in a hospital in Lagos after a battle with kidney related issues. Sources that he was rushed to the hospital today after he passed out  at his home. Muna was said to to have been dealing quietly with his kidney disease but kept it under wraps from friends and colleagues. He was said to have been without dialysis for over two weeks before he died.

 May his soul rest in peace. I'm sure the industry will miss him.

PHIL EVERLY OF INFLUENTIAL DUO EVERLY BROTHERS PASSES ON

Phil Everly, who with his brother Don formed an influential harmony duo that touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of rock 'n' roll singers for decades, including the Beatles and Bob Dylan, died Friday. He was 74.

Everly died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a Burbank hospital, said his son Jason Everly.

Phil and Don Everly helped draw the blueprint of rock 'n' roll in the late 1950s and 1960s with a high harmony that captured the yearning and angst of a nation of teenage baby boomers looking for a way to express themselves beyond the simple platitudes of the pop music of the day.

The Beatles, early in their career, once referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers." And Bob Dylan once said, "We owe these guys everything. They started it all."