{"id":278678,"date":"2026-02-11T12:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/278678\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:22:10","slug":"im-alive-and-kicking-pete-edochie-debunks-death-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/278678\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m alive and kicking \u2013 Pete Edochie debunks death rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-m-alive-and-kicking-Pete-Edochie-debunks-death-rumours-2021191?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/27438808.295.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Edochie a veteran Nollywood actor\" title=\"Pete Edochie a veteran Nollywood actor\" width=\"295\" height=\"236\" \/> <\/a>Pete Edochie a veteran Nollywood actor<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Legendary Nollywood actor Pete Edochie has denied rumours of his death for the umpteenth time, calling out the recurring hoax.<\/p>\n<p>This latest claim follows a pattern of similar false stories dating back to 2012, with fabricated tales of him dying abroad or in accidents.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old actor, popularly known as Ebubedike, remains active and celebrated, with awards like Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) and AMVCA Industry Merit Award.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Edochie expressed frustration, saying he\u2019s been \u201ckilled\u201d seven times, with hoaxes spreading false claims about his death. He\u2019ll turn 79 on March 7, crediting his family\u2019s longevity for his own vitality.<\/p>\n<p>The false claim alleged the veteran actor was rushed to the hospital and died, with his son Uche Edochie supposedly confirming it on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Debunking the death rumours in a telephone conversation with Vanguard yesterday, Pete Edochie said \u201c \u201cI\u2019m alive and will die when my maker calls me home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, he added : \u201cI have been killed about seven times. There was a time they said I travelled abroad and died there .<\/p>\n<p>At other times, they said that the plane I boarded from Enugu to Ethiopia suddenly crashed and I didn\u2019t survive. There was also a day, my wife woke up to prepare for church service, when her telephone rang and the caller said he heard that I passed away this morning. Last year, somebody from Ghana alleged that Pete Edochie was already in the grave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, there was something late Nnamdi Azikwe thought me when I interviewed him. He said that anybody who\u2019s wishing you death will die before you. All those people that wished Zik death died before him. That was what I learnt from Zik. On the 7th of March, I will be 79. My father died at 96, so we have longevity in my family,\u201d Pete Edoche said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Edochie a veteran Nollywood actor Legendary Nollywood actor Pete Edochie has denied rumours of his death for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-278678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}