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Popular Actress Dies At 66 After Battling Cancer
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Dee Freeman, an actress best known for starring in The Young and the Restless and Sistas, has died.
She was 66.
The actress died following a stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, her publicist Desirae L. Benson said in a statement.
Freeman’s family confirmed her death in a post on her Instagram.
“On behalf of her family, it is with deepest sadness that we share this update with you. Dee passed away peacefully on April 2, after a brave fight with cancer,” the family captioned a photo of the actress.
“Thank you to everyone who supported Dee during her battle. It blew her away to know how many people cared about her and were pulling for her,” the caption continued.
“ We know Dee is up there in heaven, being the force of nature she always was. Now she’s doing it with her angel wings on. Rest in peace, Dee.”
Benson described Freeman as “someone I truly respected and admired” in her statement, while praising the actress’s “strength” amid her cancer battle.
“Even in the face of stage 4 lung cancer, she showed up with courage and dignity,” Benson wrote. “Dee had a quiet power that commanded respect without ever needing to demand it.
“Her legacy is not just in her work, but in how she made people feel — and that will stay with us forever,” she concluded.
Freeman served six years in the United States Marine Corps before starting a career in acting, appearing in her debut onscreen role in a 1995 episode of the ABC sitcom, Coach, Deadline reported.
The Louisiana-born actress also starred in three episodes of the soap opera,
The Young and the Restless, in 1997 and 2009, and led the satirical parody show Pretty the Series from 2010 to 2015.
She starred in several other TV shows, including Seinfeld, Rude Awakening, ER, The Hughleys, The X-Files, Dexter, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Do Us Part, Shameless, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Freeman most recently appeared in the Tyler Perry-directed show Sistas in January.
Her previous onscreen appearance was in a 2022 episode of the TV series Reasonable Doubt.
Freeman is survived by her two children, Amber and Shane.
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Finally, Peller, Jarvis pick date for white wedding
Famous Nigerian TikTok creators Hamzat Habeeb Adelaja, popularly known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, better known as Jarvis, have announced that their white wedding will take place on August 1, 2026.
The couple made the announcement in a video shared on their verified social media pages on Saturday, confirming the date for the highly anticipated ceremony.Africans & Diaspora
The announcement has since ignited online, with fans, fellow content creators, and several celebrities flooding their comment sections with congratulatory messages and best wishes ahead of the wedding.
The upcoming church wedding comes just weeks after the couple completed their traditional marriage rites.
Recall that in June, Peller travelled to Benin City, Edo State, where he formally met Jarvis’ family in line with customary marriage traditions.
During the visit, he fulfilled the traditional marriage requirements, including the payment of the bride price, marking an important milestone in their relationship.
The couple also shared photos and videos from their civil wedding, indicating that they had begun the legal process of formalising their union before proceeding with the white wedding.
With the announcement of the August 1 ceremony, many supporters have expressed anticipation for what is expected to be one of the biggest influencer weddings of the year, as the pair continue to receive an outpouring of love and congratulations across social media.
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“School Might Truly Be A Scam” After-All – Jim Iyke
Veteran Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has sparked conversation after arguing that financial success is not always learned in classrooms, insisting that many of life’s greatest wealth lessons came from experienced traders and mentors rather than professors.
Speaking on Joey Akan’s podcast, Jim questioned whether many lecturers truly outperform the students they teach when it comes to succeeding in the real world.
“Can we even argue about the people that are our tutors, our professors? How many of them are really doing well in life? Haven’t you exceeded every tutor that ever sat in the classroom to tell you the dynamics of how to survive in the economic world?” he asked.
Recalling a recent encounter with one of his former professors, the actor said, “I met my professor recently, God bless his soul. We all knew who was doing better when we sat on that plane. I had to look back to greet him; he had to look forward to greet me. Somebody sat in business class, but that’s not the point.”
According to Jim, blindly following everything he learned in school would not have brought him the success he enjoys today.
“I’ll tell you what worked, it’s what the uncles spoke to me, the traders that barely went to school but amassed untold wealth. The father that sat in front of me and told me, ‘Forget all that book. This is a time to be ruthless, this is a time to conform, this is a time to stoop to conquer.’”
He further argued that many of the world’s richest people did not build their fortunes through academic qualifications alone, adding, “Some of the wealthiest men in the world did not get it from classrooms. How many of them have PhDs? I have a PhD that works for me.”
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It Took 18 Years For Me To Have My Twins – Veteran Actor Ricardo Agbor
Veteran Nollywood actor Ricardo Agbor has shared the emotional story of his 18-year wait to become a father, revealing that he and his wife were blessed with twins after nearly two decades of marriage.
Speaking in an interview with AfricanAList, Agbor said he remained committed to his wife throughout the difficult period despite societal expectations.
“I wanted to get married to a particular lady; I married her regardless of where she is from. She is not from my tribe. So ordinarily, we were supposed to have strife; no, it was very fair.”
Recalling their journey to parenthood, the actor said he never stopped believing and specifically asked God to bless them with twins.
“It took 18 years for me to have the twins. And I waited. God knows, 18 years and they are 14 now, so I told God I wanted twins.”
“So while that wait was on, if it were someone else, he would cross. But at the end of the day, I have twins. I have a boy and a girl. I asked God what I wanted.”
Agbor also described losing his mother as the most heartbreaking experience of his life.
He said after weeks of treatment without improvement, doctors advised that she be flown to South Africa, but she asked to be moved to another hospital in Surulere instead.
“My mom died right in my arms… It was my mom that told me to take her away from that place. As I was carrying her into the car, she gave up.”
The actor said the tragedy left him shattered. “I think that was the first time I cried in my life. I don’t cry. If I cry, maybe it is in a movie and it is a role. So I cried. It was painful.”
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