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Fatai Rolling Dollar Is Dead: He Died This Morning In Lagos
June 12, 2013 – Fatai Rolling Dollar Is Dead: He Died This Morning At A Lagos Hospital
Weeks after he was admitted to a private hospital in Lagos, veteran high-life musician, Fatai Rolling Dollar has died.
According to sources, the singer struggled to pay his bills but wasn’t properly treated by the doctors over his inability to pay some important bills.
According to one of his wife, he has been on the sick bed for the past 6 weeks.
They hope he will recover but alas he passed away in the wee hours of Wednesday June 12th, 2013 at the age of 86.
He was born Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju to the family of late chief Olagunju in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria on the 22nd of July 1926.
He came into spotlight in 1953 and has trained several successful musicians like Evangelist Ebenezer obey, Bob Aladeniyi, Orlando Owo and many other.
He’s the pioneer of Juju music in Nigeria
Years back, it seems like Pa Rolling Dollar was in the nightfall of his career, but he took many by surprise and the Nigerian scene as he stormed back with back with his hit song, ‘WON KERE SI NUMBER WA’, which became the anthem of young and old, also the song was used as signature tunes for some brand commercials.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.
modecai
June 12, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Rest in peace baba fatai.
DJ FLEXTOBAD
June 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM
May his soul rest in perfect peace
jafo
June 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace,Adieu.
Omachoko Joseph
June 12, 2013 at 2:48 PM
RIP PA Rolling Dollars. It is a price we must all pay sometime someday.
Above all, we must try to live a Godly life.
Joe
June 12, 2013 at 2:50 PM
Rest in Perfect Peace Baba Rolling Dollar.
olatunji
June 12, 2013 at 3:09 PM
Baba,o digba.may his gentle soul rest in peace
Anelka
June 12, 2013 at 3:15 PM
may his soul rest in perfect peace
Segun Adepoju
June 12, 2013 at 3:28 PM
He has lived his life. May God grant him eternal rest IJN Amen. RIP.
ade
June 12, 2013 at 4:19 PM
Rip Baba
Olaoluwa
June 12, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Rest in peace o baba
Sholayboy
June 12, 2013 at 7:15 PM
Rest in peace papa
Abdulakeem kunle
June 12, 2013 at 8:15 PM
May allah forgive baba rolling dollar and grant him aljana fridaus
ibrahim adebisi
June 12, 2013 at 8:20 PM
RIP BABA Fatai Rolling Dollar
Ugochukwu Obi
June 12, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Baba Rolling dollar,you are one of my role model.I love you but God love you most.Rest in perfect peace.
oladarey
June 12, 2013 at 9:19 PM
BABA SUN RE oooo, RIP
Richie
June 12, 2013 at 9:21 PM
Awwww! good man…RIP
mulikat
June 13, 2013 at 5:01 AM
RIP Baba
kenny
June 13, 2013 at 8:49 AM
Rest in peace baba
Temitope
June 13, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Fatai Rolling Dollar may ur gentle soul rest in perfect peace
oluwatobi
June 13, 2013 at 8:13 PM
baba we love u but God loves u much dan we do.RIP
Soji
June 14, 2013 at 10:18 PM
May his soul rest in perfect peace
Eclat Total Girl
June 16, 2013 at 11:52 AM
May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen