Date 11/07/2015 - News People
The passing of Omar Sharif on Friday saw instant heartache come from across the cinema world and beyond. One of the last great male icons from Hollywood?s golden age ? the suave, dark-eyed and dashingly handsome gent who sent hearts racing in Doctor Zhivago , Funny Girl and numerous others ? had gone. But from Egypt and the wider Middle East, there was distinctly more emotional outpouring. Sharif represented the Arab world on the global stage; its biggest ? and arguably only ? star to ever truly break out internationally. Director ofOscar-nominated Netflix Originals documentary The Square Jehane Noujaim described the late actor as a global citizen.
