Veteran Nollywood actor Ernest Asuzu is dead.

He died on Tuesday evening.

His wife, Jennifer Asuzu, who confirmed the sad incident to The Nation, said he fainted on Tuesday evening and never woke up.

His remains are on the way to the east for funeral rites.

In February 2020, the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, had said that the body has set up a committee to raise funds for its ailing member, Ernest Asuzu, who had been down with stroke since 2015.

At the time, Rollas said,

“Ernest Asuzu is one of us.

“I have always identified with him since he developed stroke until there was a break in communication between them, but thank God that we have reconnected.

“We are following up on our promises and have swung into action by setting up a special fundraising committee for him through which our members can assist him.’’