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Remembering Haitham Zaki on His 3rd Death Anniv.


Mon 07 Nov 2022 | 06:33 PM
Ahmed Emam

Today marks the third death anniversary of actor Haitham Zaki, best known for playing the Clown role in the 2007 'Elbelyatsho' movie.

Zaki, passed away at the young age of 35 in his apartment in 6th of October city after a sudden collapse, with the cause of his death reported to be related to his blood circulatory system.

Born in Cairo to the prominent actor Ahmed Zak and actress Hala Fouad,  the talented young actor won the Best Egyptian Male Actor award for his performance in the 2011 film Dawaran Shobra.

At the age of 22, he made his artistic debut when he featured in the 2006 Halim movie on behalf of his father Ahmed Zaki who eventually died in 2005 during the shooting of the film.

Throughout his short life career, he featured in a number of successful works like Halim (2006), 'Elbelyatsho' (2007), 'Kaf Alqamar' (2011), 'Dawaran Shobra' (2011), 'Sukkar Mor' (2015), The Treasure (2017), The Treasure 2 (2019), Al Sabaa Wasaya (2014), 'Kalabsh' (2018), and 'Alamet Estefham' (2019).

According to his friends, the late actor suffered from loneliness for a long time after both of his parents died from cancer.

"After the death of my father Ahmed Zaki, I suffered a lot, especially since I remained in his home. I lived the same as my father lived from loneliness,” Zaki said in an interview with a local television station.

In a Facebook post, Egyptian actress Nahed El Sebai said that Haitham Zaki told her that “he feared dying alone without being felt by anyone,” and that he will most probably “die young.”