Nigerian highlife musician, Orlando Julius is dead

<p>Popular Nigerian highlife musician, Orlando Julius is dead.</p>, <p>Julius died on Thursday night at the age of 79.</p>, <p>His wife, Latoya Ekemode, confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.</p>, <p>She said, “Yes, my husband passed on late last night, there was no indication that death was coming, he was not ill, he only slept and died in his sleep.”</p>, <p>Julius, was a saxophonist, singer, band leader, and songwriter closely associated with afrobeat music.</p>, <p>Some of his musical albums were: “Disco Hi-Life, Ololufe, Love, Peace and Happiness; Dance Afrobeat” and more.</p>