Yemi Remi, elder brother to the gradual ancient actor, Segun Remi, popularly acknowledged as Chief Kanran, has unfolded on lingering controversies surrounding the actor’s life and passing.
In an interview with Agbaletu TV, Yemi described the Nollywood icon, who died in August, as “a adorable person,” but infamous that his major flaw used to be an unwillingness to be truthful about his struggles, which regularly fuelled public misconceptions.
Dispelling in vogue rumours, Yemi clarified that Chief Kanran did no longer die from injuries sustained in a rental fire.
Essentially primarily based on him, the gradual actor, ancient 62, used to be “in factual health” earlier than his sudden dying, which happened after he reportedly slumped in his lavatory.
“He used to be 62, and he did no longer die from any fire incident. He reportedly collapsed within the lavatory,” Yemi mentioned.
The 70-year-ancient elder brother mentioned numerous unverified tales linked to the actor originated from Kanran himself.
He mentioned, “I wish to beg of us on his behalf. There used to be a time somebody known as me to claim that his well-known other had died. I advised the person that it used to be a lie. His well-known other did no longer die.”
Yemi published that the actor had four wives and four teens, adding, “Three of the wives died.”
He mentioned Kanran frequently fabricated accounts of trouble, including claims that his automotive and residence had been burnt.
He further mentioned, “There used to be a time when he started asserting his automotive had been burnt, but it used to be a lie.
“We had been arriving from Ibadan at some point soon after he used to be proficient money to acquire a automotive, and the engine broke down. But he advised of us it bought burnt.”
Yemi further mentioned that whereas there used to be indeed a fireplace incident, it did no longer occur in his brother’s condo.
“His residence also did no longer win burnt. It used to be one other condo shut to his residence. He had to soar the fence to flee,” he mentioned.
Yemi suggested that Chief Kanran’s tendency to blur fiction with truth could also were tied to the stereotyped ‘Chief’ roles he consistently played on cowl.
He mentioned, “I advised him to be taught to be versatile. I advised him he didn’t wish to be a typecast. He lived a invent-judge life, which I could also no longer ever conform to.”
Beyond being the elder brother of the gradual actor, Yemi Remi has an infamous narrative in movie and theatre.
He started his creative stride beneath the legendary Hubert Ogunde earlier than studying at the Centre for Cultural Reviews.
He later acquired scholarships for coaching in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Yemi made well-known contributions to the Nigerian television industry, serving as the pioneer director of the hit TV drama Tinsel and the loved humorous sequence Face 2 Face.
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