Let’s find out “Ada Ameh Dead” Popular Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh is dead.
According to reports, the actress died in Warri, Delta State around 11 pm on Sunday.
This was disclosed by a source who pleaded anonymity on Monday morning.
How Did Ada Ameh Die? Cause of Death
However, viral unverified reports on social media claimed that the actress died Sunday night at a hospital in Delta State.
She reportedly collapsed and eventually died in Warri, Delta State, at about 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Sources said she was a guest to an oil company worker and his family in the Delta metropolis when she passed on.
It was gathered that she gave up the ghost on the way as she was being rushed to the nearby Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Hospital.
The NNPC hospital, Warri, is yet to make public the autopsy report of the likely cause or causes of Adah Ameh’s sudden death.
Also, the police public relations officer for Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe, could not be reached for comments at the time of filing this report.
A few weeks ago, the actress opened up about her mental health challenges.
“Everything is going to be fine. I have an issue right now, and it’s taking my life. I will not die. We will get over it,” Ameh had said.
The actress explained that she was given a job but could not carry it out because she was undergoing mental issues.
The 48-year-old actress had earlier revealed that she got pregnant with her daughter at 13.
According to her, this happened because peers introduced her to sex early.
Despite her early motherhood, the actress, in October 2020, lost her daughter, Aladi Godgift, who was over 30 years old.
Aladi had died after an unsuccessful surgery in Abuja, and the actress, last year, visited her daughter’s grave site to mark the deceased one-year remembrance.
She had also celebrated her daughter on the latter’s posthumous birthday.
How late Ada Ameh battled grief, mental issues
In June 2022, the actress opened up about her mental health challenges.
“Everything is going to be fine. I have an issue right now, and it’s taking my life. I will not die. We will get over it,” Ameh had said in a video on her Instagram page.
The actress explained that she was given a job but could not carry it out because she was undergoing mental issues.
She said, “I was given a job, but I didn’t do the job because I had mental issues. Will people understand when you say you have mental issues? They won’t. They’re slamming me with a bill, suing me. It’s okay.”
Battle with grief
Appearing on TVC’s Your View on July 1, 2022, her last interview, the actress revealed that she suffered max depression even before her daughter’s death, but it worsened after she lost her child.
“I had depression, max depression. I’ve been depressed for some years, and it worsened when I lost my daughter in 2020. We practically grew up together. She was like my younger sister,” Ameh had said.
She also noted that she had lost seven of her family members before losing her daughter.
“I had lost three sisters before that time, and each had three children. I’ve lost three of my brothers and my father. So after mourning all these people, and then (I lost) my daughter,” the actress said.
She said, “When my daughter died, my world crumbled before me, and sometimes, I see myself crying for days.”
Ameh had also celebrated her daughter on the latter’s posthumous birthday in late 2021.
Born on May 15, 1974, in Ajegunle, Lagos, Adah Ameh became a popular face in Nollywood after playing the role of Anita in the 1996 blockbuster, Domitila.
Seven Things You Probably Do Not Know About Nollywood Actress Ada Ameh
Here are seven things you probably do not know about late Actress Ada Ameh:
1) Ada Ameh was born on May 15, 1974.
2) Ameh, a native of Idoma in Benue State, was born and raised in Ajegunle, Lagos State.
3) Ameh received both primary and secondary school education in Lagos state but eventually quit school at age 14.
4) She was a Nigerian actress who spent more than two decades in the Nigerian movie industry and is most notable for her character as Anita in 1996 movie titled “Domitilla”.
5) Her only daughter passed away in October 2020.
6) She played the role of Emu Johnson in the award-winning TV series titled The Johnsons.
7) Ameh In 1995 officially became part of the Nigerian movie industry Nollywood and received her first movie role in 1996 when she played the character Anita in the movie “Domitila” a movie that eventually became a successful and solid project.
