Veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter, Alhaji Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has passed away at the age of 66 after a battle with stage-four cancer.
He died on Sunday, August 23, 2026, around 3:00 p.m., leading to an outpouring of grief across the Nigerian entertainment industry.
The sad news of his demise was initially broken by his daughter, Kira Hassan, during an emotional Instagram Live broadcast. Distraught and surrounded by relatives, she wept openly as she shared the development: “My daddy is dead. I can’t believe it… I want to go home! I want to see my daddy before he gets buried.”
His death occurred just days after his daughters, Kaira and Lima, reached out to the public for financial and medical help, revealing that medical professionals had ceased chemotherapy treatments due to the advanced stage of the disease.