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CHIZZY ALICHI wrote!!! “People have always refer to me as “mgbeke” (local girl) that I dont know fashion or carry designer bags/shoes/clothes.

That I don’t wear expensive hair. Well my darlings I do know and want to wear those things but I have been saving for this building right here. I can’t remember d last time my family travelled for Xmas because their is no house to stay. My mother falls sick whenever she goes for August meeting and comes back. My father wanted to sell half of our compound to fix d leaking roof, buy ceiling and also patch the broken wall but I told him No. ( PAPA I WILL BUILD HOUSE FOR YOU) after saving for sometime, I wanted to use the money to buy myself another car (A bigger car) but I said to myself, what’s d need for d car when we don’t have roof over our head in d village moreover the car I have is still in good condition and serves me well, I can always buy another one later. Today am grateful to Almight God that it came to pass. My parents are d happiest ppl on earth. 4 masters bedroom, extra 2 toilets, kitchen, dinning and palour. God is the Greatest.” Nollywood actress

Angela Lansbury, whose acclaimed and prolific acting career in theater, television, and film spanned seven decades, died today at the age of 96. Lansbury was especially well-known for her film roles in “Gaslight” and “The Manchurian Candidate”, her television role as Jessica Fletcher on the long-running detective series “Murder She Wrote,” and for her voice work as Mrs. Potts in the Disney animated classic “Beauty and the Beast," for which she sang the Academy Award-winning title song. Even as a nonagenarian, Lansbury continued to apply her widely acclaimed talents in new roles; appearing as the Balloon Lady in the 2018 film “Mary Poppins Returns.”

Born in London in 1925, Lansbury moved with her family to the US in 1940 to avoid the Blitz during WWII. She had already discovered a talent for music and theater, and, in 1944, she received her first film role in "Gaslight." She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and MGM signed her to a 7-year contract, which she later remembered with astonishment: “Isn’t that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!” For many, she is best known for her role playing Jessica Fletcher, the fictional writer and sleuth star of "Murder, She Wrote," which ran for twelve seasons. In 2014, Lansbury was made a Dame of the British Empire for “services to drama, charitable work, and philanthropy.” To Lansbury, however, her work was a reward in itself: “I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work... To be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.”

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