Egypt audiences mourn iconic film star Abdel-Aziz dead at 70
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An Egyptian renowned actor Mahmud Abdel-Aziz died on Saturday night, at the age of 70, after suffering cancer in the tooth jaws, Egypt's state-run Ahram newspaper reported Sunday.
Culture Minister Helmi Namnam mourned on Sunday Abdel-Aziz, as "an iconic television and cinema actor" who enriched the life with his great talent that made him really a "magician."
The minister expressed his condolences to the family of the actor and to all Egyptians who lost one of their beloved artists.
Born in Alexandria in 1946, A bdel-Aziz graduated from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at Alexandria University.
In his long career of over 40 years, Abdel-Aziz starred in 84 films, famous television series and directed one movie.
In 1987, his television series about an Egyptian spy in Israel in the 1950s and the 1960s in the famous trilogy of Rafat El Haggan, has captured millions of TV viewers in the Arab world.
He was known as "the cinema magician", after the name of his famous movie "the Magician" in 2001 of which he got many local, Arab and international prizes.
Abdel-Aziz was married to an Egyptian TV anchor, with two sons. One is a film producer and director, and the other is an actor. Endit