The family of veteran musician Orlando Julius has confirmed Qed.ng’s report on his burial date.
Qed.ng on Friday reported that Orlando will be buried on May 28 in Ijebu-Ijesha, Osun State.
This information came from an insider who also said the service of songs will hold on May 27.
Confirming the report, Orlando’s widow Latoya Ekemode shared a poster of the burial arrangement on Instagram on Monday.
“Love and Legends Never Die. This one weak me,” she captioned the post.
He was a contemporary of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, even claiming that it was because of him that the latter learnt to play the saxophone.
Orlando relocated to the United States of America in 1974 where he met his Chicago-born wife through Ambrose Campbell.
The couple returned to Nigeria in the late 90s, settling in Lagos before moving to Ilesa.
Orlando died at age 79.
