Mahmoud al-Sawalqa died on the set of the soap opera Blood Brothers, in front of actor Mundhir Rihane, who was playing his son, Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm reported on Tuesday.
Rihane was in a state of shock after the death on Saturday, the report said, quoting a statement from his office.
In a telephone interview with Egypt's CBC television, Rihane recounted the tragic event.
"He said, 'Son, I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'You're joking'. He said, 'I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'no, no, no, you're joking'," Rihane told the broadcaster. "And at the moment that we were filming the scene, he was dying... the angel of death was there with me."
Bradford Anderson and Emily Wilson to visit 'General Hospital'A show rep had no comment, but it's likely that the return of Anderson (Spinelli) and Wilson (Ellie) will be a relatively brief one.
'24' ratings: Jack Bauer boosts Fox's Monday
Fox's 24: Live Another Day premiere delivered 8 million viewers and a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49. The two-hour telecast is down 29 percent from the debut of the final season of 24 back in 2010. For a show that’s been off the air for four years while broadcast ratings have plummeted, that’s not a bad drop at all. The premiere was the third-highest rated show Monday night, following The Voice (3.0) and The Blacklist (2.7).
Grab a bottomless glass of scotch and hold onto your leather library chair for THE SPOILS OF BABYLON, a momentous and sweeping tale of forbidden love, betrayal, corruption and bloodshed. The gripping six-part saga features Jessica Alba, Will Ferrell, Jellybean Howie, Val Kilmer, Tobey Maguire, Haley Joel Osment, Tim Robbins, Michael Sheen, Steve Tom and Kristen Wiig with a cameo by David Spade and the voice of Carey Mulligan. The Spoils of Babylon premieres with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on Thursday, January 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on IFC.
IFC today announced it is developing 11 new comedy projects for 2014 series consideration. Among them, the network has ordered three pilots and eight scripts, in line with the network's "slightly off" sensibility that attracts a male skewing, adults 18-49 audience. The pilots include TIMMS INDUSTRIAL PIPING, a DYNASTY-inspired series about the residents of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, dealing with the disappearance of the founder and CEO of the town's biggest employer. The series will be stop-motion animated using baby dolls.