The last good glimpse Nigerians had of Goldie was of her photos on the
red carpet of the 55th Grammy Awards, where she appeared as a woman full
of life. Her death four days later on Valentine’s Day was one hell of a
shock for her fans, friends and family. Her demise evoked a volcano of
mixed feeling as many haters took to the social media to further hex the
soul of the deceased. In the wake of the Valentine’s Day tragedy,
damning reports began to emerge: drugs, hedonism, a little-known
marriage, and husband-snatching allegations.
Goldie’s untimely death
stirred a storm of controversies that cannot simply be wished away. The
big question revolves around her marriage. Before her death, if you’d
ask showbiz followers about Goldie’s marital status, two out of three
responses would be “single.” The remaining would be “no idea.” It hardly
occurred to anyone outside her close circle that the Harvey surname
she was bearing was not a stage but her marriage name. Indeed, the
Skibobo singer created a cloud of deceit around her marital status.
During press conferences,
questions about her marital status were curtly cut off. On Facebook,
Goldie’s marital status was inconclusive. “Single” but not searching and
an occasional vague affirmation that she was “in a relationship,” was
all Goldie offered as explanation for her marital status.
Many did
not know Goldie wedded let alone, married a white man. Now a certain
Andrew Harvey, a Briton, has announced himself, by uploading photos of their wedding that proved beyond doubt the verity of their 2005 wedding. So Goldie was married? Really?
At the BBA Stargame, Goldie was viewed through the lens of a single
girl. Against this new background, you begin to wonder, what the hell
was a 30-year-old woman with a seven-year-old marriage doing in the
wild, whimsical house of the Big Brother Africa, where sex can happen at
a short notice? Then you begin to wonder, where was Mr. Andrew Harvey
when Goldie was gallivanting with Prezzo? A married Goldie flirted and
got cosy with Prezzo, going as far as kissing him. For a married woman,
that was so un-African. Even outside the BBA, her love chess with Prezzo
continued. There were strong indications that at the time of her death,
the Nigerian pop diva and the Kenyan rapper were still love interests.
One doesn’t have to be a Sherlock Holmes to deduce that the marriage was
not the made-in-heaven picture
Mr. Harvey is now painting. Now Harvey is not making Goldie a saint as
much as he is further casting aspersion on her image as a married wife.
Toxic reports in the wake of her shocking departure insinuated that
Goldie’s was into drugs. These allegation, debunked by close pals, are
just mere conjectures. What is common knowledge was that her friendship
with Denrele Edun, the eccentric Channel O presenter, who also happened
to be her business partner and co-presenter of their impending reality show, was not ordinary.
Now talking about Denrele, the initial story was that Goldie died in
Denrele’s arms. The question is: where, in the house, or on the way to
the hospital, because the hospital declared the singer dead on arrival.
There had been different accounts about Goldie’s last minutes. The
stories, sketchy but riddled with inconsistencies. So who is going to
give us a blow-by-blow account of the last minute, including the names
of people who were there? One report said her brother was in the house
with her. When Entertainment Express visited her apartment at No 30B
Ologun Kufere Street Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, the following day,
the apartment was deserted save for a weeping househelp who went in,
packed her two suitcases and fled from the house.
Then you ask again a whole lot of questions: What is the police doing about it? Where are her family members?
The autopsy report indicated that Goldie died of hypertension. But the
public needs to know the back story, particularly, the details of the
last few minutes before her death. What, where, when, how, and who were
the eye-witnesses?
Questions, questions, questions. It is better
to let the dead to rest in peace. And in this clime, we do not speak ill
of the dead. But this has to be said about the late entertainer:
Goldie lied to us. It is no crime for a celebrity to keep her marital
life out of the public radar - Onyeka Onwenu did it successfully. A
stern I-am-married-but-my-marriage-is-not-a-matter-for-discussion
response from Goldie would have been enough. Goldie misinformed us by
her utterance, she misled us by her actions. She owed us an apology,
even in death.
An insider, who spoke with us recently, said the
family of Goldie wants the Police to invite Denrele, for questioning,
since he claimed that their hale and hearty daughter died in his arms.
“This I can tell you is the family’s position’s. They want Denrele to
tell them and the world the circumstances that led to Goldie’s death”,
disclosed this insider who does not want his name in print.
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