Legendary Nigerian musician is dead [PHOTO]

<p><strong>Popular Nigerian highlife musician&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Orlando Julius<&sol;a> is dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 79-year-old died on Friday morning&period; His death was confirmed by his wife&comma; Latoya Aduke&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14292" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;Orlando-Julius-portrait-2-crop-med-bw-249x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"249" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Orlando Julius<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14293" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;IMG&lowbar;20220415&lowbar;082649-566x1024-1-166x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"166" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Music boss&comma; Bimbo Esho&comma; posted on her known Facebook page this morning&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bimbo&comma; Daddy Has Passed On…This was the message I stumbled on waking up at exactly 3am to peruse my WhatsApp page&period; It was a message sent in to me by Orlando Julius beautiful and supportive wife Lady Latoya&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Orlando Julius&comma; a native of Ijebu Ijesha&comma; succumbed to the cold hands of death and breathed his last few hours ago at the age of 79&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We shall miss one of Nigeria’s fathers of Afro&sol;Highlife Music&comma; a gentleman and a fine saxophonist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;May daddy Orlando Julius soul journey well&period; To the entire Ekemode family&comma; may God give you the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starting in the ’60s&comma; Julius was fusing traditional African sounds and rhythms with those of American pop&comma; soul&comma; and R&amp&semi;B&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;funke-akindeles-kids-faces-exposed-by-husbands-ex-wife-photos&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">Funke Akindele Husband&&num;8217&semi;s Ex-Wife Exposes Twins Faces &lpar;PHOTO&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Aside from performing and recording in his native Nigeria&comma; he spent many years in the United States working on collaborations with Lamont Dozier&comma; the Crusaders&comma; and Hugh Masekela&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His 1966 effort&comma; Super Afro Soul&comma; made him a national celebrity in Nigeria and even went so far as to influence music in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;