One of highlife music legends, Sir Victor Olaiya, has passed on in Lagos, aged 89 years, after a brief illness.

Olaiya, whose music has continued to attract both old and young artists, died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, on Wednesday.

The deceased, who celebrated his 89 birthday last December, was confirmed dead by the Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd., Bimbo Esho.