(The Guardian, Sunday, 14 August 2011 Sunday Magazine - Newspeople & Goodpeople)

By Jahman Anikulapo

AS had been stated elsewhere, only the Drama king himself could have pulled off the wild, morbid drama that attended the announcement of his own passing last week. Confusion reigned for nearly the whole week about the true state of affairs concerning the status of the evergreen master of the stage and screen; and not even the various clarifications by members of his family and his younger colleagues with whom he had been working when death called, could douse the terrible mix-up about the true state of his passing.

Well, Sam Loco Efe, a grandmaster of the Acting vocation, transited to greater service last Sunday.

Yet another confusion: someone had widely circulated the information that he was 66 when he died. Sam was indeed in his 70s; 73 more believably. Were he to wake up today, Uncle Sam, as his protege (I inclusive) call him -- would have turned this confusion over his age to a masterful drama skit... can’t imagine the fate of his listening audience at such a session...

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