A fast rising Nollywood actor has reportedly slumped and died on a movie location in Enugu. The said actor, identified as Nelson Gold slumped just a few days after his 26th birthday and was rushed to the hospital where he was in a coma for days.
Unfortunately, reports have it that he gave up the ghost finally, yesterday June 15,2018 while receiving medical attention in an unnamed hospital.
Nelson Gold, a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, was a talented Nigerian Actor and Screen writer who broke into Nollywood after playing a lead role in a movie titled “Black Child”, where he stared alongside top notch actors like Ebele Okaro, Obi Okoli, Zulu Adigwe, Chiege Asiligwe, Destiny Etiko, and Vals Chucks.
The Movie Black Child lunched Nelson into the mainstream after being produced in Nigeria by JP Nwanganga. It made Nollywood producers to nickname Nelson the “Nollywood’s Mad Actor” following the mind blowing performance he displayed in the movie.
Friends, family and fans had since taken to social media to express their sadness at the demise of such a talented young actor.
