The Association of Nigerian Authors, Osun State chapter has set aside March 17, 2019 to host the only surviving son of the late Yoruba literary sage, D.O. Fagunwa, Diipo Fagunwa, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
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This was contained in a statement signed by the National President of the forum, Wole Adedoyin
He died at the bank of River Wuya, near Bida, in present day Niger State on his way back to Ibadan from a working visit to Kano.
He was buried on December 10 at St Lukes Anglican Church Cemetery, Oke-Igbo, Ondo State
One of his most popular works was “Ireke Onibudo” of the famous D.O. Fagunwa novel written in the 1950s, which he made into a movie