{"id":38363,"date":"2020-02-12T19:37:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=38363"},"modified":"2020-02-12T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:37:14","slug":"legendary-highlife-star-victor-olaiya-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/legendary-highlife-star-victor-olaiya-dies-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Highlife Star, Victor Olaiya Dies At 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dr. Victor Olaiya is dead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Olaiya whose highlife music trended in Nigeria and Ghana during his active years was born 31st December 1930.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd, Bimbo Esho, Olaiya\u00a0 passed on at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Victor Abimbola Olaiya played highlife music which was famous\u00a0 during the 1950s and early 1960s.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He also received\u00a0 recognition outside Nigeria and\u00a0 Alhaji Alade Odunewu of the then Daily Times described Olaiya as &#8220;The Evil Genius of Highlife.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His popular tracks include Omo Pupa, Mo fe mu yan, Omolanke, Ilu le, Adogan etc.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He will be greatly missed by the entertainment industry in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Victor Olaiya is dead. 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