Nigerian-Cameroonian Filmmaker Edgard Leroy Dies in Car Crash at Age 26 Few Weeks After Winning AMVCA.
Nollywood has once again been thrown into mourning over the death of Nigerian-Cameroonian actor, Edgard Leroy. The movie star died just a few weeks to his 27th birthday after he was involved in a fatal car crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on June 11, 2022.
terrible news was shared online by fellow filmmaker, David Akande, who noted that Edgard had been on his way to Ibadan for a movie shoot when his life was cut short by the accident.
The late Cameroonian filmmaker also won an award at the recently held African Magic Viewers Choice Awards ( AMVCA) in the Best Indigenous Movie ( Yoruba) Category.
Edgard was born on July 13, 1995, and he was the first from Cameroon to win an AMVCA. See David Akande’s post below .