Multiple award winning actor, Chigozie Atuanya has indeed had his own fair share of the ups and downs of life.
The
proud father of one is bereaved and in a mourning mood, as he had
recently, lost someone so special to him to the cold hands of death. On
February 5, 2015, his Father, Dominic Nonyelum Atuanya, breathed his
last after a brief illness.
On that painful loss, the Nri-Anambra state thespian, shed tears like a baby.
“Honestly,
I cried like a baby the day my father died. I will miss his smiles and
care for humanity. He lived a life worthy of emulation. It has not been
easy at all. Actually, he died on February 5, 2015. My family, close
relatives and friends are still in shock that such a humble man has
passed on. My father had supported me immensely; we travelled together
to my father-in-law’s village when he lost his sister. He accompanied me
together with my relatives, as traditions demand to play our parts as
in-laws. The way my father danced that fateful day, you wouldn’t believe
his life could be cut short. However, my father’s death has really
devastated me. But I can’t question God for taking away my precious
jewel,” he said in an emotional laden voice.
Zeeloo, as he fondly called by close friends and loves ones, noted the lessons he had learnt from your father before his demise.
“He
taught us to be upright in everything we do in life, which he said we
would also pass onto our children. In fact, my father was my role
model,” he told The Sun Newspapers.
Late Elder Dominic Nonyelum
Atuanya (Nnabuenyi) will be buried at his compound in Akamkpisi Agbani
Village, Nri, Aniocha LGA, Anambra State on Thursday, August 27, 2015.
