Veteran Actress, Iya Rainbow Cries Profusely As She Remembers Her Late Husband ( Video )

It was an emotional ride for veteran Nollywood  Yoruba actress Iya Rainbow as she remembered her late husband, Augustus Ayanfemi Phillips Oroniyi aka Baba Osumare who died 35 years ago. The actress couldn’t hold back her tears in a video she uploaded while talking about her late husband.

Here is a mind-blowing tribute she wrote for him.

“And somehow my body and my soul know before my brain that this was the week. 35years ago, these were the final days when my husband was fighting for his life. My memory skids and careens and bumps over the memories. The call to hospice. The oxygen tank. The way my bedroom was turned into a hospital room. The desperate prayers whispered in the kitchen or the bathroom, in the darkest hours when none of us could sleep ALAMU AYANFEMI PHILLIPS OMO ORONIYI KUNMI OSUMARE SUN RE OOOOOOO”

Watch tribute video the actress made in honour of her husbands 35  years glorious exit.

The actress also lost her daughter, Late Mrs Shola George who is the second child of the veteran thespian. She was confirmed dead late Wednesday at Tomade hospital, a private health facility in Ojodu area of Lagos. A reliable Family source disclosed that Mrs Shola was rushed to the hospital around 10:45 pm on January 15th 2016 by her husband identified as Osborne after suspected complications from an ulcer illness and was proclaimed dead afterwards.

Shola was until her death a Senior Prophetess at a popular Cherubim and Seraphim Church belonging to her mother, Iya Rainbow in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos. Idowu Phillips was born on October 16th 1942 at Ijebu Ode, a popular town in Ogun State, Nigeria. She is popularly known as Iya Rainbow. The name is the English translation of her late husband’s theatre group.

Madam Idowu was born to Prophet Jacob Adebanjo Ifemade and Mrs. Ifemade. She had her primary education at African Methodist School and attended Anglican Modern School. After her primary and secondary education, she attended a nursing school.

Upon completion of her studies at the nursing school, Madam Idowu Philips worked as a nurse for 20 years. Since her late husband was theatrically inclined and had a theatre group, she worked part-time with the group, gaining mastery of the art. At 45, and after having worked as a nurse for 20 years, Madam Idowu Philips quit nursing. She took over the leadership of her late husband’s movie group which soon became defunct. She took part in many movies both English and Yoruba. She became known for her role in Asiri Nla and has acted more than 500 movies since she started.

Madam Idowu was married to Sir Hubert Ogunde from 1960 until his death in 1990. They have 5 children including Sola Osborne and Femi Philips. Having refused to remarry, she chose to focus on taking care of her children.

A Christian, she overtime has developed a very deep relationship with God. She says that God laid in her heart a burden to build him a church. When asked why she has not been on screen in recent times, she claimed that the younger generation of actors now acted movies where her kind of roles are almost no longer needed. She also mentioned that the roles available were for people with tattoos and people ready to dress irresponsibly. Mrs. Idowu is a recipient of the City People Life Time Achievement Award.