Ifunanya Nwangene, Former The Voice Contestant, Lifeless from Snake Chunk
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Very unhappy information this week out of the world of leisure:
Ifunanya Nwangene, a contestant on Season 3 of The Voice Nigeria, has handed away after she was bitten by a snake whereas she was asleep.
The singer was 26 years previous.
“Amemuso Choir [regrets] to announce the sudden demise of our beloved soprano,” music director Sam C. Ezugqu with the Amemuse Choir mentioned in a Sunday, February 1 assertion shared through Fb, confirming the singer’s loss of life.
“A rising star, Ifunanya was on the cusp of sharing her unimaginable expertise with the world. Her voice and spirit will likely be deeply missed.”
In accordance with experiences… Nwangene was bitten by a snake in Abuja, the place she resided, earlier than being rushed to a Nigerian hospital on Saturday, January 31.
The artist tried to acquire remedy for the snake chunk at a close-by clinic; nonetheless, there was no antivenom obtainable, which is why she ended up on the hospital.
Ezugwu additional detailed the next occasions to the BBC Africa, recounting how hospital employees tried “to stabilize her,” including that Nwangene “couldn’t communicate, however may make hand gestures. She was struggling to breathe.”
Nwangene — recognized for her jazz-operatic singing fashion — prominence within the African nation after wonderful viewers on The Voice together with her cowl of Rihanna’s “Take a Bow.”
She was in the end eradicated within the Knockouts.
The tragedy got here simply three days after Nwangene teased a brand new music with musician Tbrass. Following her passing, the artist shared a clip of Nwangene recording the observe in his tribute.
“An irreplaceable loss to the Abuja music society and Nigeria at massive,” he wrote on Instagram, including:
“My hand and coronary heart feels very heavy penning this, as a result of it’s unimaginable shedding such a younger promising nice, gifted music artist who touched so many lives, it is extremely heartbreaking — particularly in Nigeria the place music runs deep in our souls and connects us all.
“The ache of claiming goodbye to somebody whose voice and vitality introduced pleasure, inspiration, and even therapeutic to many is heavy. From her distinctive voice, to the tales she advised via songs, and the way in which she represented our tradition and struggles, Nanya was a real artist who left an irreplaceable mark.”
