Youssef Chahine - Illness and Death

Illness and Death

Chahine was hospitalised at El Shorouq hospital in Cairo in a coma following an apparent cerebral haemorrhage, on Sunday, 15 June 2008.

On Monday, 16 June 2008, Chahine was flown to Paris on an emergency flight and admitted to the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of Paris, where his niece told AFP his condition was "critical but stable."

Youssef Chahine died in his Cairo home on Sunday 27 July 2008.

He was honoured by BAFTA for his contribution to film.

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