{"id":53,"date":"2026-05-12T20:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:51:41","slug":"nollywood-star-alex-ekubo-is-dead-he-was-40-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/nollywood-star-alex-ekubo-is-dead-he-was-40-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood star Alex Ekubo is dead, he was 40 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexx Ekubo-Okwaraeke<\/strong>, professionally known as Alexx Ekubo,<\/strong> was born on April 10, 1986, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ekubo is a native of Arochukwu, Abia State. He attended Federal Government College Daura before studying Law at the University of Calabar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he made his film debut as early as 2003 with a minor role in Lancelot Imasuen\u2019s Sinners in the House<\/em>, he gained fame during the 2011 Mr Nigeria contest, where he finished as the first runner-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His breakout performance in the 2012 blockbuster Weekend Getaway<\/strong><\/em> earned him the Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2013 Best of Nollywood Awards, marking the beginning of a prolific run. Ekubo became a household name through the popular sitcom AY\u2019s Crib,<\/strong><\/em> and he would enjoy box office in the 2019 movies The Bling Lagosians<\/strong><\/em> and Your Excellency<\/strong><\/em>, both released in 2019. In 2023, Ekubo starred in Kayode Kasum’s \u00c1f\u00e0m\u00e9f\u00f9n\u00e0: An Nwa Boi Story, <\/strong><\/em>where his performance was hailed by viewers and critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the screen, Alex Ekubo was famously part of a close-knit trio alongside IK Ogbonna and Yomi Casual<\/strong>. His romantic relationships were also a matter of keen interest among fans, and his split from model Fancy Acholonu made headlines in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After starring in the movie Conversation in Transit <\/strong><\/em>alongside stars like Richard Mofe Damijo and Osas Ighodaro, Ekubo suddenly disappeared from the public eye, which raised concerns among fans and colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news of his passing will undoubtedly cast a dark cloud over Nollywood, which has lost one of its leading men and a major figure in the generation of stars refining Nigerian cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As at the time of filling this report, Alex Ekubo’s family is yet to release an official statement on his passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexx Ekubo-Okwaraeke, professionally known as Alexx Ekubo, was born on April 10, 1986, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ekubo is a native of Arochukwu, Abia State. He attended Federal Government College Daura before studying Law at the University of Calabar. While he made his film debut as early as 2003 with a minor role in Lancelot Imasuen\u2019s Sinners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blunt.ng\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}