Renowned actor, musician and former Music Instructor, National Troupe of Nigeria, Mr Femi Ogunrombi is dead.
Ogunrombi who also played the role of Baba Ajasco in Chief Wale Adenuga comedy, “Baba Ajasco“, reportedly died at about 7:30p.m on Saturday evening.
The cause of death is yet to be made public. However, his colleague in the music industry, Mr. Steven Osazuwa confirmed the death on the Highlife Masters’ Voice whatsapp forum on Saturday night. He wrote, “I am sad to announce to you that Mr Femi Ogunrombi, passed to the great beyond at about 7:30p.m this evening. May the good Lord grant his soul a perfect rest.”
In another tribute, Edmond Emuesiri Enaibe, Fta. (Teacher Chike) who starred in a defunct TV soap alongside the late musicologist wrote:
“Femi Ogunrombi, lived music because music was his calling. He had unlike his twin brother, switched from the sciences (medical) to study music at the then University of Ife, where he with other talented voices formed the “Ayoro Voices” – a choral group that would become the defining melody of traditional folk songs in the early 1980s. That group included Ayo Thomas, Jide Ogundipe, Iyabo Omomeji, among others. So accepted were they that they toured the then western states in performances both public and private gigs. The climax of the Ayoro Voices was the recording of their own radio and TV programmes on BCOS, OGTV and NTA Ibadan.Femi Ogunrombi collaborated his music talent with some icons of Nigeria folk and Highlife music including Pa Steve Rhodes and Dr Uwajei of the National Troupe of Nigeria.His passing today is another Trojan of this national genre of music gone. He will be sorely missed. May God grant his family the fortitude to bear his loss. We won’t forget, Chief Femi Ogunrombi. Rest in music”.
Femi Ogunrombi was a multi instrumentalist, Music Teacher, a Composer, an Actor, Producer and Director of Music/Film.
In 2006, Ogunrombi joined the popular TV comedy program Papa Ajasco and Company created by Wale Adenuga Productions, as Papa Ajasco. He was at the same time the Coordinator of Studies for PEFTI Film Institute.
