Rachel Bakam died at 39

AN actress and multi-award winning TV personality, Rachel Bakam, is dead.

Bakam, who hailed from Fadia Tudun Wada in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, died at the age of 39.

She died Tuesday afternoon at a private hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.

Her immediate younger brother, Bakam Adams Junior, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in a telephone interview.

He said she died of a brief illness at a private hospital in Abuja.

Junior said, “Yes, the news is true. She was admitted last Friday. She died today (Tuesday) after a brief illness at about noon at a private hospital in Abuja.

He said the death of Bakam had created a very big vacuum in the family.

“Rach, as we fondly called her, was a very likeable person, selfless, hardworking and God-fearing. She was very sacrificial. Her death has devastated us. I am yet to come to terms with it. I cannot tell you much,” he said.

She left behind to mourn her are a son, mother, three brothers and many relations.