Veteran Yoruba actor and author, Samuel Akinpelu, otherwise known as Alabi Yellow, is dead.
Alabi Yellow, known for his caustic tongue in movies, was believed to have died yesterday in his home in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The actor had been afflicted with a stroke in March shortly after the demise of his wife.
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However, the actor had got a lifeline of N10 million from a popular philanthropist, Rev. Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi, popularly known as Iya Adura, back in April and many had thought he was on the path to recovery.
Alabi Yellow appeared in several Yoruba movies and also wrote a book titled, ‘A ba Oko Ku’.
Many of his colleagues have continued to eulogise the late actor as details continue to unfold.
