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Amr Mahmoud Yassin, son of artist Mahmoud Yassin, announced the death of his father after a fight against the disease at the age of 79.
The artist, Amr Mahmoud Yassin, posted a photo of his father on his official Facebook page, commenting on it: “He passed away, at the mercy of Almighty God. The father of the artist Mahmoud Yassin, we belong to God and to Him we will return … I ask you to pray. ”
Mahmoud Fouad Mahmoud Yassin was born in Port Said in 1941 and was linked to the theater since he was in high school through the (Theater Club) in Port Said, and his dream at that time was to one day be on the stage of the National Theater. He moved to Cairo to attend university and graduated from Law School..
And he fulfilled his dream of joining the National Theater, in which he and other theaters performed dozens of outstanding works such as (Layla and Majnun), (Khedive), (It happened in October), (The return of the absent person), (The visit ended ), (Beginning and end) and (The acrobat)..
He had small film roles in the late 1960s, until his big break came in the movie (We Don’t Plant Thorns) with Shadia in 1970, and then films followed, including (The Fine Thread) opposite Faten Hamama and ( Nose and three eyes) in front of Majida Al Sabahi and (Down from Medina) in front of Nadia Lotfi and (Mawlid Ya Dunya) in front of singer Afaf Radi and (Remember me) in front of Najla Fathi and (Al Batinah) in front of Nadia Al Jundi and (The session is secret) in front of Yusra and (Al Harafish) in front of Safia Al Omari.
On television, he presented dozens of series, including (The Dawah), (Tomorrow Flowers Bloom), (Husband’s Memoirs), (The Second Meeting), (The Girl’s Brother), (Al-Yaqeen), (Disobedience), (Souk Al Asr), (Waad and Not Written) and (Against the current) and (East winds) and (Abu Hanifa al-Nu`man).
The advancement of age gave him more space to play distinctive roles in the cinema, in which he was next to the next generations of stars, for which he participated in (Al-Jazeera) with Ahmed Al-Sakka, (Al-Wa ‘ad) with Asir Yassin, (Izbat Adam) with Ahmed Azmy, Majid Al-Kadwani and (Gedo Habibi) with Bushra. And Ahmed Fahmy.
