UPDATE ON GOLDIE: Kennis Music Releases Press Statement On Goldie Harvey’s Death

Nigerians and indeed, the entertainment industry was shocked to learn of the sudden demise of Susan Oluwa Bimpe Harvey popularly called Goldie on Valentine’s Day. While many wished, hoped and prayed that the
story will turn out to be a hoax, despite wide reportage on blogs, a press statement issued by the President of Kennis Music (Goldie’s Record Label), Keke Ogungbe, midnight Thursday, confirmed the news.

The statement reads:
“With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey. Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award. She was rushed from her Park View, Ikoyi, Lagos residence to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival at exactly 7:30pm in the evening.
“We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance in which she passed away; the abundance of talent she exhibited in her short but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her.
“She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters.
“We deeply sympathise with her family and fans all over the world and very grateful to all and sundry, especially, the vibrant Nigerian media for their concern and prompt reportage. We shall keep everybody informed as events unfold as we are devastated by the sudden loss.
“Meanwhile, the remains of Goldie who hails from Ekiti State has been deposited at the mortuary of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos” the statement concludes.