{"id":451180,"date":"2011-06-30T16:25:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/nigeria%e2%80%99s-lady-of-songs-christy-essien-igbokwe-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:25:45","slug":"nigerias-lady-of-songs-christy-essien-igbokwe-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/nigerias-lady-of-songs-christy-essien-igbokwe-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s lady of songs, Christy Essien-Igbokwe is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.0696452037\">\n<div readability=\"36.72\"><span><\/span> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-via=\"vanguardngrnews\" data-related=\"oluboss\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"45\">\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s lady of songs Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe is dead details of how she died are yet unknown<\/p>\n<p>The singer and actress who would have been 51 in November had her first album (Freedom) in 1976 at aged 16 and wedded Edwin Igbokwe three years later.<\/p>\n<p>She followed up with other albums ; \u2018Patience\u2019, \u2018Time Waits for No One\u2019(both 1978), \u2018One Understanding\u2019 (1979), \u2018Give Me A Chance\u2019 (1980), however her 1981 hit album, \u2018Ever Liked My Person\u2019 remains her best LP till date.<\/p>\n<p>More details soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. 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She followed up with other albums ; \u2018Patience\u2019, \u2018Time Waits for No One\u2019(both 1978), \u2018One Understanding\u2019 (1979), \u2018Give Me A Chance\u2019 (1980), however her 1981 hit album, \u2018Ever Liked My Person\u2019 remains her best LP till date. 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