The actor’s sister Aye Fubara announced his death on Twitter on Wednesday, December 15.
“My brother, Karibi Fubara, has joined the ancestral realm. I’m devastated, but not hopeless. He lived fully and with joy. Left a great body of work. Will be a powerful ancestor. I love you,” she wrote.
The God Calling actor had been diagnosed with cancer in 2020.
Announcing his health status on Instagram, the actor wrote: “So it’s been a month of tremendous revelation and rebirths in my life as I was told around Easter that I had a large mid-stage kidney tumor/cancer, and on May 3rd I had a very successful surgery remove about 90% of the tumor. I am now home resting, reborn, & learning to live again.”
Karibi has featured in several movies and TV series including Quam’s Money, Castle and Castle, Royal Hibiscus Hotel, Smart Money and others.
The actor married celebrity stylist Yolanda Okere in December 2019.