Egyptian actor, Haitham, the son of late legendary actor, Ahmed Zaki, and actress, Hala Fouad, departed from our world early Thursday, at the age of 35.
He was buried in his family's cemetery in the 6th of October city, next to his father, and his father's friend, actor Mamdouh Wafi, who was a shining example of a loyal and faithful friend.
Wafi had a good relationship with Ahmed Zaki on both the personal and professional levels.
Haitham was found dead in the bathroom of his villa in Sheikh Zayed City, after suffering a sudden circulatory collapse.
Preliminary investigations into the young actor's death revealed that his death was "natural".
The investigations also revealed that Haitham suffered from colic, which he received treatment from a pharmacy.
Later on, he returned to his home, where he was discovered dead by the police after he failed to answer calls from his fiancée, who became concerned and made a report.
Haitham was born on April 4, 1984. He made his film acting debut in 2006 film “Halim” at the age of 22.
It was a biopic about the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez.
The film's production started in 2005 with Ahmed Zaki co-starring as the lead actor, however, he passed away March 27, 2005, before the film’s completion, so, Haitham filled in.
The young actor had received high raves over his performance in the film, which led to his first leading role in 2007 film “Albliatcho”.
Haitham stopped acting for three years before returning in 2010 through TV series, “Al-Gama’a”, written by genius Wahid Hamid, which was followed by many successful productions such as “Kaf Alqamar”, “Bitter Sugar”, “The Treasure: Truth and Imagination”, “The Treasure 2”, “Al-Gama’a”, “Dawaran Shubra”, “El-Safaa”, “Elsabaa Wasaya”, “Embratoreyet Meen”, “Ostaz Wa Ra’ees Kesm”, and “Kalabsh 2”.
Haitham’s last artistic work was 2019’s TV series “Alamet Estefham” (Question Mark), which premiered during the holy month of Ramadan.
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