Forever in Our Hearts.

My name is Queen Osayande, and it is with a heart made heavy by grief and yet full of love that I write these words in memory of my dear younger brother, Sunday Osayande, who left this world far too soon on the 27th of March 2026. He was only 39 years old.

Sunday passed away quietly and alone in his home in the gentle city of Modugno, Bari, Italy, He was found by a dear friend who came to check on him having not had a response from the calls he made to him. The coroner has confirmed that his heart gave way (a cardiac arrest) peaceful in its nature. Although the thought of him in those final, solitary hours sits with me like a quiet ache I that I cannot name I am so broken. No one should leave this world without a someone to hold their hand, and yet, even in that stillness, I believe Late Sunday knew he was loved deeply, completely, and across every mile that separated us.

Late Sunday was what you call light. He illuminated and there is simply no other word for it.

He was a very warm person and warm in the way that a fire is warm not the one that just heats a room, but the one that draws everyone toward it. Wherever Late Sunday went, people loved him. His smile was the kind that made a hard day feel lighter. His laughter was generous. His presence was a gift that many of us took for granted, the way you take the sun for granted until the sky goes grey. That kind.

He was a devoted husband, a gentle and proud father to two beautiful children aged 12 and 14 and a steadfast son to his beloved mother, all of whom he cherished with every breath he took. It was our Late sunday’s greatest dream and his quiet burning ambition to build a better life for them. That dream is the very reason that carried him across seas and borders to Italy, searching, as so many other brave souls do, searching for greener pastures and a brighter tomorrow.

Late Sunday worked tirelessly and gracefully. He sacrificed so much, he held his family up even from the DISTANCE, paying school fees, meeting their needs and being the steady hand that kept things together. He was indeed a solution bringer; whenever the family faced hardship, Late Sunday was the one who graciously found a way to make ends meet.

And now the way forward must be walked without him…. and we are all devastated.

The grief that has settled over our family is the kind that words were not made to carry. His wife. His children. His mother. All of us are shattered. There are no sufficient words for what a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old feel when the father who held their future in his hands is suddenly, without warning, gone. We are holding each other in the rubble of this loss and trying, gently, to find our footing.

We have been given just two weeks by the government undertakers to make arrangements, and a burial date has been lovingly set for 17th of April 2026 so that Late Sunday may be given the dignified and honourable farewell he so deeply deserves.

We are humbly raising £5,000 to cover:

∙Morgue and funeral arrangement fees.

∙Travel expenses for family members journeying from afar within this very tight window.

∙Late Sunday’s children’s school fees and ongoing living costs including expenses he carried alone, and which his young family can no longer bear without his support.

Every single Pound/Euro brings us closer to burying late Sunday with the honour, dignity, and love that defined every year of his life. Please help!

I know that life is not easy for all right now. I know that many of you reading this carry your own unique burdens and your own quiet struggles, therefore, if giving is not possible for you today please know that sharing this page is a gift in itself because every share places Late Sunday’s story in front of someone who may be able to HELP. Every share says; this man MATTERED- And he truly, deeply did.

If you are able to give no matter how small, thank you so very much from the bottom of our aching, grateful hearts.

Please know that you are not just helping us bury a body. You are helping us honour a soul, a husband, a father, a son, a brother who gave everything he had, right up until the very end. He will be dearly missed and always remembered. Thank you.

For further information, please do not hesitate to reach out.

With love and gratitude,

Queen Osayande & Family