Jimmy Johnson (actor)

Jimmy Johnson (1940 − 8 July 2020)[1] was a Nigerian actor, writer and broadcaster, best known for his role Okoro of the Nigerian Television Authority 1980s TV series The Village Headmaster.[2][3][4] On July 8, 2020, Johnson died at Garki hospital, Abuja at the age of 80.[5]

Career

Beginning his stage career in Ibadan in the early 1960s, Johnson worked with Wole Soyinka in the Orisun Theatre Company and at the Mbari Club, a centre for cultural activity that attracted writers, artists and musicians of African descent from all over Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean, including Soyinka, Ulli Beier, Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo, Mabel Segun, J. P. Clark, Christopher Kolade, Lindsay Barrett, Demas Nwoko, Tunji Oyelana, Jimi Solanke and Bruce Onobrakpeya.[2]

Johnson went entered into public service after the Nigeria Civil War (1967–1970) and worked as information and culture officer.[6]

References
  1. "Actor, Jimmy Johnson of 'The Village Headmaster' (1940-2020)". African Arts with Taj. 12 July 2020.
  2. Akinyoade, Akinwale (9 July 2020). "'The Village Headmaster' Actor Jimmy Johnson Is Dead". guardian.ng.
  3. Owolawi, Taiwo (8 July 2020). "Nigerian actor Jimmy Johnson aka Okoro in Village Headmaster dies at 80". Legit.ng - Nigeria news.
  4. "Family Set To Announce Burial Plans For Village Headmaster Actor, Jimmy Johnson". NewsColony. 13 July 2020.
  5. Olowolagba, Fikayo (9 July 2020). "'Village headmaster' actor, Jimmy Johnson is dead". Daily Post Nigeria.
  6. "Jimmy Johnson, 'The Village Headmaster' actor, to be buried on Saturday". The Cable. 28 August 2020.


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