{"id":3144,"date":"2026-08-03T19:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:16:09","slug":"tragedy-strikes-again-as-kefees-widower-teddy-don-momoh-loses-wife-weeks-after-welcoming-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/08\/03\/tragedy-strikes-again-as-kefees-widower-teddy-don-momoh-loses-wife-weeks-after-welcoming-first-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes Again as Kefee\u2019s Widower, Teddy Don-Momoh, Loses Wife Weeks After Welcoming First Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lara Kudayisi Don-Momoh, wife of Teddy Don-Momoh, the widower of late Nigerian gospel singer Kefee, has died just weeks after the couple welcomed their first child.<\/p>\n<p>The family announced her death in a statement posted on her official Instagram page on Monday, saying she passed away peacefully after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3146\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1785783710701-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1785783710701-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1785783710701.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, Lara Kudayisi Don-Momoh. After a brief illness, Coach Lara passed away peacefully,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The family requested privacy as they mourn her passing and appealed for prayers for the repose of her soul and strength to cope with the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this deeply painful time, we humbly ask for privacy and prayers for the peaceful repose of her soul, and for all who mourn this immeasurable loss,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The family also said details of her funeral arrangements would be announced in due course.<\/p>\n<p>Lara&#8217;s death comes barely two weeks after she and Teddy Don-Momoh celebrated the birth of their first child, a milestone that drew congratulatory messages from family, friends and well-wishers.<\/p>\n<p>Teddy Don-Momoh was previously married to gospel singer Kefee, The Koroko crooner ft Timaya who died in June 2014 after battling a lung-related illness.<\/p>\n<p>The family thanked everyone who has reached out with messages of support and prayers during the difficult period, describing the encouragement as deeply appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lara Kudayisi Don-Momoh, wife of Teddy Don-Momoh, the widower of late Nigerian gospel singer Kefee, has died just weeks after the couple welcomed their first child. The family announced her death in a statement posted on her official Instagram page on Monday, saying she passed away peacefully after a brief illness. \u201cIt is with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}