He died on May 29, 2011, at the age of 62, from complications of surgery.ItokasiAwon eniyan ara Abkhazia.. 
Social Anthropologi láti ilé-ìwé gíga University of Cambridge.Ìgbésí ayé Adébanwi ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bíi oníròyìn gbogbogbo, onkòwé, Oniroyin ati olótù fún ileé iwe - iroyin ki o to dara mó Yunifasiti ti Ibadan lati lọ kẹkọọ imo ajemó aje gege bi olukọ ati aṣèwádìí.. 