A popular actor has left everyone in shock and tears after he collapsed and died while on stage rehearsing for his new film.
Kenyan actor based in Holywood, Owiso Odera
A highly-talented Kenyan actor based in Holywood died on Friday in
an incident that has baffled many including his family, The Kenyans
reports.
It was gathered that the award-winning Hollywood actor from Kenya,
43-year old Owiso Odera, who lived in Santa Monica, collapsed and died
while rehearsing on stage in Kentucky, USA.
Mr Odera, whose biggest showing was in popular American series The
Originals, had spent the last week acting on location in Washington DC
in a new film Measure Plus Dido.
While speaking to the Standard on Sunday about the sad incident,
Odera’s brother – Peter Oruko – said the family was yet to come to terms
with the sudden demise of their brother.
“We are devastated by his demise. It is like a bad dream. I haven’t come to terms with the news of his death,” said his youngest brother Peter Oruko. “This is unbearable.”
A distressed Oruko described his brother as a warm person who was in constant touch with the family, adding that “the last time we spoke he insisted that I join him down in Santa Monica to pursue my education.”
The deceased went to the US after completing his studies at St
Mary’s School. He later got a scholarship to study at an Indiana College
and proceeded to pursue a Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the University
of California San Diego.
While in the US, he joined a group of highly talented actors in
Hollywood and Broadway among them award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.
Odera is the son of prominent scholar Prof Odera Oruko and has been
survived by his wife Nicole and siblings Roney, Sheilla, Sharon, Milly
and Peter.
The cause of his death is yet to be established.
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