Nollywood veteran actor, Justus Esiri, died of diabetes caused by old age, his son, Dr. Sid, has said.
Esiri was said to have passed on some hours ago at a Lagos State-based hospital.
A close source to him disclosed to The Eagle Online that Esiri has been secretly battling the killer disease for a while but his family chose to make it a secret until his demise on Tuesday night.
He was aged 71.
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