By Adedayo Odulaja
One of Nigeria's music icons, Christy Essien Igbokwe is dead. The death of the elegant lady of songs who will be remembered for her popular tunes, the most popular of which is Seun Rere, a monster hit in the 1980s,was been confirmed dead today, Thursady, June 30, 2011. Known most notably as the “Lady of Songs,” Christy Essien Igbokwe, the pioneering President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, passed on after being ill, a situation that lasted about three days.
Her last public outing was at the final edition of the Nigerian Idol event March this year. Essien was not only a singer in her lifetime of just a year after five decades, she was an also actress but her her taking to music early became the most recognised of her career path. She is reported to have released her first album titled Freedom back in 1976 when she was still in her teens.
Her other albums are 'One Understanding,''Patience,' 'Time Waits for No One,' 'Give Me A Chance,' and 'Ever Liked My Person’ released in 1981.
Just 51 at the time of her death, many Nigerians think she was older, having started out very early and attaining such enviable heights in her career back in the 80s. Many followers of the entertainment industry are shocked by her death and condolence wishes have continued to pour our on the various social networks. I pray god grants the loved ones she left behind the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
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