{"id":11549,"date":"2025-08-15T22:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/?p=11549"},"modified":"2025-08-15T22:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T22:10:50","slug":"popular-nigerian-actor-chief-kanran-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247newsvibes.com\/category\/news\/popular-nigerian-actor-chief-kanran-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Nigerian actor Chief Kanran is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Famous Nollywood actor Olusegun Akinremi, professionally known as Chief Kanran, is dead.<\/p>\n

The actor reportedly died at the age of 72 on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Seun Oloketuyi, a popular filmmaker, announced the actor\u2019s passing in a post on Instagram<\/p>\n

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\u201cPopular actor, Segun Remi died Friday morning,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

At the time of filing this report, details about his death were still sketchy.<\/p>\n

Chief Kanran, who was a household name in the Yoruba film industry, was known for his role as General Philips in episode 13 of the now-rested TV soap Megafortune.<\/p>\n

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