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Just in: AMAA founder, film maker, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, dies in Lagos

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Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, filmmaker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards and President of the Association of Movie Producers, has passed on.

She died at a hospital after being in a coma for some days.

Confirming her passing, a colleague, Obi Emelonye, said Anyiam-Osigwe succumbed to the cold hands of death during a brief illness.

Emelonye shared her picture and wrote on his Instagram account on Tuesday: “Thank you and good night dada Peace. 🕯🕯🕯🕯”

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