The funeral of Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab after he was defeated by brain cancer

The funeral of the director, actor and writer Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, son of singer Laila Mourad, to his final resting place following Maghrib prayer on Sunday, March 20.

• The late artist Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab

After he was rushed a few days ago to Al-Amal Hospital in Mohandessin, the director, actor and writer Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab’s health condition deteriorated, and he breathed his last at noon yesterday, Sunday, March 20, and while his funeral was scheduled for following the followingnoon prayer from the Sayeda Nafisa Mosque, there was a delay in Procedures for his transfer from the hospital and his funeral following the Maghrib prayer.

“The late was distinguished in a special way in embodying personalities and leaving prominent imprints in his cinematic and television works that touched the conscience of the audience,” thus the Minister of Culture, Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, called the late artist, son of singer Laila Murad and director Fatin Abdel Wahab, who was twice diagnosed with cancer: the first in his lungs and he succeeded As for the second, he was hit in the brain and it was impossible for doctors to remove him in its early stages because he hit the cerebellum, which led to his death.

He was never lucky with his health, as he suffered from complete unemployment with the spread of the Corona pandemic, and made matters worse for his injury and suffering for weeks from the repercussions of the virus, and he survived it, and he mentions that he was pleased with his request from director Maryam Abu Auf for a major role in a new series, but his supervising doctor On his health, she prevented him from even leaving the house for any reason because his body’s immunity is at its lowest level.

Zaki reached the age of 61 at the beginning of this year 2022, and he has a half-brother named Ashraf Wajih Abaza who has always stood by him in his unstable health conditions, and his personal account emptied of money, his uncle, the composer Munir Murad, and his uncles: actor Siraj Munir, and director Hassan Abdel Wahab.

He gave birth to a boy from his marriage to an American woman who ran away with their son from Cairo and changed her name without being able to find her and deprived for his life of seeing him. This was the second marriage following his association with the artist Soad Hosni for only several months, then he divorced her at the urgent desire of his mother, Laila Murad, according to what he announced in two television interviews.

The late artist graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema, directing department in 1983 and worked as an assistant to director Ali Badrakhan, to marry Soad Hosni immediately following her divorce from Badrakhan. for the first time.

Zaki left 47 works between acting, directing and writing, including the movie: Romantica, which he wrote and directed in 1996, and his last appearance was last Ramadan in episodes: Covid 25, with Youssef Al Sharif.