Sad News: Goldie's Death

According to PM News, Nigeria’s music diva, Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey, popularly known as Goldie, who died Thursday night may have died as a result of doping complications, close sources to her said.
She died last night at Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, and barely few hours after she arrived from Los Angeles, United States of America.
Goldie’s death was confirmed yesterday by her management via her Facebook Page and Twitter handle. The post reads: “It is with heavy heart that I have to announce to you all that Goldie passed on this night (last night) shortly after arriving Lagos from Los Angeles. May her soul rest in the eternal peace of the Lord… Amin.”
The main cause of her death is still sketchy as at time of filing this report. Goldie was said to have been rushed to Reddington Hospital by close friend, Denrele Edun from her Park View residence after she complained of headache.

But a source close to the music star confided in P.M.NEWS that Goldie died of complications from the use of drugs. “She had complications from the use of dope. I guess things went wrong this time around.”

Another source also told P.M.NEWS this morning that “she had been into this drug stuff for some time now. I believe that contributed to her death.” Goldie, who represented Nigeria at last year’s Big Brother Amplified (BBA) in South Africa, is signed to Kennis Music.

Keke Ogungbe, the President of Kennis Music, confirmed the death of the songstress in a statement this morning. “On behalf of Kennis Music, I’m sad to officially confirm the shocking and untimely passage of Nigeria’s pop star, Goldie Harvey. With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey. Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache at her Park View residence shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award.

“She was rushed to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival. We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance Goldie passed away, the abundance of talent she has exhibited in her but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her. She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters.”

The remains of Goldie, who hails from Ekiti State have been deposited at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital mortuary.

The deceased attended Green Springs Montessori Primary School and St. John’s College, Palm Grove before moving on to the University of Sunderland where she studied Business Management.
She joined Kennis Music in 2010 and had her debut album, Gold. Some of her hit songs are “You Know It”, “JawoJawo” and DTMB (Don’t Touch My Body).

In her music career, Goldie received 10 awards, including Exquisite Lady of the year, Best Female Artiste award and City People Best Female Artiste of the year.

Goldie became the final celebrity to exit the BBA7 star game house in 2012 as the 3rd runner up.

 

Well over ten hours after the first reports of the death of Nigerian songstress Goldie’s death, questions still abound over the veracity of the announcement.
Late last night, Nigerian blogger Linda Ikeji Tweeted that that the celebrated Big Brother Africa star had passed on.
“Shocking!!! Singer Goldie Harvey is dead” she said in a follow up tweet providing a link to her blog.
The brief blog post explained that Goldie passed on at Reddington Hospital shortly after arriving from a US Trip. Ikeji quoted Denrele Edun, a close friend of Goldie as the source of the news.
The information went viral, and shortly afterward Goldie’s manager refuted the quote claiming malice on the side of the news bearers.
“My client is well.. Pls disregard d fallacy whereva it emanates from .After hating on a successful person; death seems to b dia next tot. Smh” @teejaysstar tweeted.
Two hours later, a Facebook post attributed to the page administrator, announced to her fans that she pad passed on.
“It is with heavy heart that I have to inform you all that Goldie passed this night shortly after arriving Lagos from LA. May her soul rest in the eternal peace of the Lord - Admin!!” it read.
Adding credence to the death claim was a post by the Daily Times of Nigeria, one of the country’s oldest newspapers, announcing that she had passed on. The paper however quoted Linda Ikeji their source, causing some to be skeptical of the article.
The Managers tweet, coupled with the absence of a formal announcement from Prezzo or Goldies family cast doubt on the announcement. Goldie fans rubbished the reports, claiming it is yet another celebrity death hoax.
And as the debate on truth of Goldie’s passing on continued, condolences from Goldies fans flooded social media.