PETALING JAYA: Screen legend Datuk Abdul Aziz Sattar has died of a heart attack. He was 89.
News of his passing was confirmed by his grandson Abu Ubaidah A. Ishak through his Twitter account early yesterday.
“My grandfather took his last breath at around 2am. Al-Fatihah,” he wrote.
His grandfather was suffering from breathing difficulties and died at the KPJ Kajang Specialist Hospital, Abu Ubaidah later told mStar, the Malay news portal of The Star media group.
The actor, fondly known as Aziz Sattar, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday night when he suffered a heart attack. His condition was said to be stable and he was later moved to the coronary care unit (CCU).
His remains were brought to his home in Bandar Tun Hussein Onn in Cheras before burial at the Cheras Muslim cemetery after Zohor prayers.
Aziz Sattar was born in Surabaya, Indonesia in 1925.
He acted together with the legendary Tan Sri P. Ramlee and the late S. Shamsuddin as the Bujang Lapok trio in the 1950’s.
He was also a member of the Pancasitara band, led by P. Ramlee and also included Normadiah, Aziz Jaafar, Ahmad C and Kassim Masdor.
Over the last few decades, Aziz Sattar had acted in and directed dozens of films, among them were: Keluarga Si Comat (1975), Si Badol (1979), Prebet Lapok (1979), Penyamun Tarbus (1980), Da Di Du (1981), Setinggan (1982) and Darah Satria (1993).
He was conferred the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) in 2007, by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
During the Japanese occupation of Malaya, Aziz Sattar was tortured by the Japanese army, who accused him of theft.
The actor had four failed marriages. On Dec 16, 2006, he married his fifth wife Hashimah Delan in Shah Alam, which also ended in a divorce six years later.
He has seven children from the marriages.
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