Nollywood actor, Tom Njemanze is dead.
The veteran actor Njemanze died at the age of 75 on Friday, July 18, 2025 after a protracted battle with prostrate cancer.
His colleague and movie producer Stanley Ajemba Chibueze, popularly known as Stanley Ontop, shared the news of his passage in a post on his social media handle. Stanley wrote, “Good afternoon everyone it’s another sad period as we just received news from Tom Njemanze family that he has succumbed to his ailment and passed on yesterday. May his soul RIP. It’s well. We tried to save him, but God knows the best. Nollywood lost another legend.”
In the past few months, Tom Njemanze has been on the news as he made a public appeal for help amid his battle with cancer. Videos shared online showed the ailing actor in a hospital bed, frail and surrounded by medical equipment.
Tom Njemanze who hails from Owerri, IMO State, hit the limelight in Kenneth Nnebue’s film, “Died Wretched”, which starred Tony Umez alongside others. He also had over 50 movies to his credit, including, Issakaba, Osuofia in London, Stronghold, Pounds and Dollars, Atosa, Brain Box, Igbotic Love, Magic Cap, Twin Brothers, Last Kobo, My School Mother, and Full Moon, amongst others.
