title: Olumide Bakare
text: # Olumide Bakare
  
  Olumide Bakarelisten (26 November 1953 – 22 April 2017) was a Nigerian actor.
  
  ## Career
  
  Bakare began his acting career in the sitcom Koko Close where he featured as Chief Koko with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Maami (2011)
  * Ise Onise (2009)
  * Ofin Kokonla (2005)
  * Oromodie
  * Last Flight to Abuja
  * Kofo the first lady
  * Gbogbomolo
  
  ## Death
  
  Bakare died on 22 April 2017 in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria due to heart and lung disease. He battled with illness for over a year and later in earlier 2017, he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the emergency unit of University College Hospital and placed in intensive care. According to Mufu Onifade—former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP)—in his condolence message:
  
     “He had a successful surgery and after the surgery, he talked to people and told them he was fine. But two hours later, he passed on".
  