Bodybuilder Mat Tarzan dies after falling into coma


The late Mat Tarzan proudly posing with pictures of his heyday as a bodybuilder. - File pix

GEORGE TOWN: A popular bodybuilder in Penang, Ahmad Ali, 84, or better known as Mat Tarzan died at the Penang Hospital on Tuesday after falling into a coma following a road accident in Bayan Baru three days ago. 

His second son, Amzah, 32, said his father passed away at 5.30am at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

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