Actor Sidek Hussain dies of cancer at age 63


KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran actor Sidek Hussain died from a cancerous tumour in his cheek at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday. He was 63.

His wife Salbiah Sulaiman, 61, said Sidek was admitted to the hospital on March 30 and was confirmed to have died in his sleep at 11.55pm after taking some pills for his condition.

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