<p><strong>Popular Nigerian highlife musician, <a href="http://Openlife.ng">Orlando Julius</a> is dead.</strong></p>
<p>The 79-year-old died on Friday morning. His death was confirmed by his wife, Latoya Aduke.</p>
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<p>Orlando Julius</p>
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<p>Music boss, Bimbo Esho, posted on her known Facebook page this morning: “Bimbo, Daddy Has Passed On…This was the message I stumbled on waking up at exactly 3am to peruse my WhatsApp page. It was a message sent in to me by Orlando Julius beautiful and supportive wife Lady Latoya.</p>
<p>“Orlando Julius, a native of Ijebu Ijesha, succumbed to the cold hands of death and breathed his last few hours ago at the age of 79.</p>
<p>“We shall miss one of Nigeria’s fathers of Afro/Highlife Music, a gentleman and a fine saxophonist.</p>
<p>“May daddy Orlando Julius soul journey well. To the entire Ekemode family, may God give you the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss.”</p>
<p>Starting in the ’60s, Julius was fusing traditional African sounds and rhythms with those of American pop, soul, and R&;B.</p>
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<p>Aside from performing and recording in his native Nigeria, he spent many years in the United States working on collaborations with Lamont Dozier, the Crusaders, and Hugh Masekela.</p>
<p>His 1966 effort, Super Afro Soul, made him a national celebrity in Nigeria and even went so far as to influence music in the United States.</p>
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