By ‘Dayo Showemimo
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| (Like a bolt from the blue, Kefee went into a coma while on a plane to the US and she never recovered from it. She was pronounced dead on June 12, 2014. Photo: Filed) |
Today, June 12, 2015 marks the 1st year anniversary of the death of late gospel singer, Kefee Obareki Don Momoh who was died of lung failure in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday, June 12, 2014 after being in coma for 15 days. The popular singer born Irikefe Obareki, was eventually buried on July 11, 2014 in her native Delta State. Until her death last year, which was too devastating and sudden for fans and colleagues, Kefee was an award winning Nigerian musician born in Sapele, Delta State to the family of Andrew Obareki. Kefee graduated from University of Benin with a degree in Business Administration and in 2000, released an album titled Trip which went a long way in paving the way for her as far as the Nigerian music scene in concerned. In 2003, she got signed to Alec’s Entertainment, a record label founded by her former choir director and subsequently released the album containing her unforgettable smash hit tune, ‘Branama‘ which was named after the single, shortly afterwards. Kefee was married twice before her death; she was married to Alec Godwin, her former choir director and producer for 3 years until 2008. However, for the more than one year of her life on earth, she got married to popular Radio host, Teddy Esosa Don-Momoh on March 3, 2013 in Delta state. 8 months after her death, precisely on Thursday, February 5, 2015, a post humous album was launched at a special memorial service in honour of the late singer. The new 12-track album is titled Blessed and was deliberately released on her birthday, February 5, 2015 as she’s always done in her lifetime, according to her husband.
Trying to keep the faith and carry on her legacy by wrapping up projects she was working on and initiating others, her husband’s tweet today reads:
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