Talaat Zakaria Dies at 58

Egyptian artist Talaat Zakaria died on Tuesday after a struggle with illness at the age of 58, following a health deterioration in the early hours of the day.

The comedian was taken to the 6th of October Hospital, where he died hours later.

Just hours ago, Zakaria's daughter Emi, asked his fans to pray for him, and posted on her Facebook account, "Please, he needs your prayers." While his son Omar posted on his Instagram account "Please, pray for my father".

In September 2007, Zakaria suffered an inflammation of one of the brain arteries, which left him in a coma, but later recovered from it, and returned to work on the film "The President's Chief," which recorded high revenues.

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His latest work was “Legend of the Beaches”, which was screened in December 2017 with the participation of Dina, Reem Al Baroudi, Amina, Nermin Maher, Bayoumi Fouad and directed by Mohamed Said.

Talaat also recently finished shooting a new film entitled "Al Mawkif", with the participation of Menna Fadali, Mohamed Reda, Riko and directed by Mamdouh Zaki.

Several celebrities wrote condolences over the death of one of Egypt's best comedians, including Amir Karara, Raniah Yousief, Mohamed Henedy and Salah Abdallah.