{"id":167224,"date":"2024-04-10T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=167224"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:12:46","slug":"actor-junior-pope-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/04\/10\/actor-junior-pope-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Junior Pope is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Actor, Junior Pope has passed on.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reports have it that he drowned while filming at Asaba, Delta State.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tragic news has struck the Nollywood community as famous actor Jnr Pope reportedly drowns to death while filming.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after sharing a video of himself on a boat on Instagram, the actor met his untimely demise at Marine Cable Point in Asaba during a movie shoot.<\/p>\n<p>In the video he posted on IG, the actor could be heard crying out over the risk he was taking; plying river niger without a life jacket.<\/p>\n<p>He had written:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;See me lamenting\u2026\u2026The risk we take to entertain you ; crossing river 9ja yesterday with no life jacket\u2026\u2026 Na wahoooooo \u2026. 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