Legendary Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has every other time brushed apart rumours of his dying, expressing frustration over what he described as a habitual hoax that has trailed him for years.

The outmoded actor, popularly identified as Ebubedike, stated he has been falsely declared dull about seven situations, describing the repeated reports as baseless and sportive.

Debunking the most modern rumours in a cell phone dialog with Vanguard on Tuesday, Edochie stated emphatically that he remains alive and neatly.

“I’m alive and might additionally fair aloof die when my maker calls me home,” he stated.

The 78-twelve months-old thespian recalled several situations when counterfeit experiences about his dying circulated, along side claims that he died in a far off places country or in a plane smash.

“I genuinely personal been killed about seven situations. There modified into a time they stated I travelled in a far off places country and died there. At other situations, they stated that the plane I boarded from Enugu to Ethiopia crashed and I didn’t dwell on,” he stated.

He additionally recounted a stressful incident though-provoking his spouse.

“There modified into additionally a day my spouse aroused from sleep to prepare for church service, when her cell phone rang and the caller stated he heard that I passed away that morning. Closing twelve months, any individual from Ghana alleged that Pete Edochie modified into already within the grave,” he added.

Edochie printed that he drew inspiration from a lesson shared by the unhurried nationalist, Nnamdi Azikiwe, whom he once interviewed.

“On the choice hand, there modified into one thing unhurried Nnamdi Azikwe taught me when I interviewed him. He stated that anybody who’s wishing you dying will die sooner than you.

“All those other folks that wished Zik dying died sooner than him. That modified into what I learnt from Zik,” he stated.

The eminent actor, who will turn seventy nine on March 7, stated he remains grateful for perfect neatly being, attributing his vitality to family longevity.

“On March 7, I could be seventy nine. My father died at 96, so now we personal longevity in my family,” he neatly-known.

Edochie, a recipient of the nationwide honour of Member of the Describe of the Niger (MON) and the AMVCA Commerce Merit Award, remains one of Nollywood’s most revered figures.

Regardless of repeated dying hoaxes dating serve to 2012, the screen icon continues to acquire pleasure from admiration from fans across Nigeria and former.