By our reporter| Popular Nollywood actor, Leonard Chimezie Onyemachi, popularly known as Leo Mezie, has died, aged, 46.
He died on Saturday while recovering from a kidney transplant.
According to an Instagram post by his colleague, Chioma Toplis, the thespian died in an Abuja hospital.
Sharing some pictures of Leo Mezie, Toplis wrote, “Actor Leo Mezie is dead. He died on Saturday in Abuja while recovering from a kidney transplant. His corpse has been moved to Umuahia his hometown. RIP Leo.”
Leo Mezie began his career in the Nigerian film industry in 1996, however, he shot into prominence in 2003, when he starred in the movie, Labista.
In 2010, the actor married his sweetheart, Maureen.
The actor, in 2016, voiced out to his friends and fans that he had a kidney problem and they rallied around him, and subsequently went for surgery in London.
The ailment, however, relapsed in 2019 and the actor was admitted to a Lagos hospital, where he was treated.
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