TB Joshua Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Death== T. B. Joshua died on 5 June 2021 "shortly after conducting a live broadcast", according to a [[BBC]] report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57374250|title=TB Joshua: Influential Nigeria preacher dies at 57|date=6 June 2021|accessdate=29 January 2024|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> According to his wife [[Evelyn Joshua]], he showed "no sign of illness" prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/i-found-him-unconscious-tb-joshuas-wife-speaks-on-husbands-death/amp|title='I found him unconscious' - TB Joshua's wife speaks on husband's death|last=Are|first=Jesupemi|date=7 June 2021|accessdate=29 January 2024|publisher=[[TheCable]]}}</ref> The news of his death led to reactions in Nigerian media, with the death being described as "huge blow to Nigeria",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gwg.ng/2021/06/06/tb-joshuas-death-huge-blow-to-nigeria-church-members/|title='TB Joshua's Death Huge Blow To Nigeria' - Church Members|date=6 June 2021|accessdate=30 January 2024|publisher=Green White Green}}</ref> or "big loss" to [[Arigidi Akoko|Akoko]] residents,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehopenewspaper.com/tb-joshuas-death-big-loss-to-us-akoko-residents/|title=TB Joshua's death, big loss to us -Akoko residents|last=Amed|first=Jimoh|date=9 June 2021|accessdate=30 January 2024|publisher=The Hope Newspaper}}</ref> and "blow to religious tourism" especially in Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/tb-joshuas-death-blow-to-religious-tourism/|title='TB Joshua's death, blow to religious tourism'|date=9 June 2021|accessdate=30 January 2024|publisher=[[The Nation (Nigeria)|The Nation Newspaper]]}}</ref> [[Governor of Ondo State]], [[Rotimi Akeredolu]] described T. B. Joshua's death as "a great global knock" in a tribute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailypost.ng/2021/06/06/tb-joshuas-death-great-loss-to-africa-entire-world-akeredolu/|title=TB Joshua's death, great loss to Africa, entire world - Akeredolu|last=Babajide|first=Abdul|date=6 June 2021|accessdate=30 January 2024|publisher=[[Daily Post (Nigeria)|Daily Post Newspaper]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page