Egyptian artist Saeed Abdelghani, aged 81, died today after a long struggle with the disease, according to the head of the acting professions Ashraf Zaki.
The health condition of the Egyptian artist had deteriorated as he suffered a severe health problem and was transferred to a military hospital for treatment.
The son of the artist Ahmed Said Abdul Ghani said earlier that his father had a severe pneumonia, was transferred to intensive care, stressing that the situation is very critical and doctors are exerting double efforts to control the disease.
Said Abdul Ghani was born January 23, 1938 in the village of Nusa Al Bahr in Dakahlia, north of Egypt. He graduated from Cairo University Law Faculty in 1958 and went to work in journalism. He joined Al-Ahram newspaper and worked in the accident department. Meet the top Egyptian artists, love art, and go to work alongside the press.
Said Abdul Ghani gave about 190 works of art, and varied roles between good and evil, comedy and tragedy, and the most famous films «We love bus,» «Mission in Tel Aviv» and «Shatar» and «Habibi always» and «Salkhana» and « And the series «Spring of the Other», «Cairo welcomes you», «Snake» and «Sun Al-Ansari» and «Knights» and «Fox», and despite his involvement in the work, he did not leave the press until his last illness, he is responsible On the film page in the newspaper «Al Ahram evening».
He was also the recipient of the "Best Actor of a Second Role" award for "Days of Anger".
It is noteworthy that the artist's latest work was the series "The Lady's Ladder", which was screened in 2015 by director Hani Ismail, and written by Majdi Al-Ibari.