NgoJulayi 10, umculi odumile waseGibhithe u-Omar Sharif washona. Umlando we-cinema ushone ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo esibhedlela saseCairo uBachmann eneminyaka engu-83 ubudala. Izindaba zakamuva zaqinisekiswa nguNgqongqoshe wase-Egypt Antiquities u-Zaha Havvas. Ngokomsebenzi, umlingisi ufile emasontweni amuva nje. Isimo sengqondo sikaSharif sasinzima kakhulu - isifo se-Alzheimer esathuthuka sasiqeda isimiso sezinzwa se-Omar, umlingisi osanda kumenqaba ukudla.
Mayelana nokugula okungathí sina komdlali weqhawe owaziwa eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule. Ngokusho kwendodana yenkanyezi, lesi sifo asizange siphenduke, futhi u-Omar wazizwa embi kakhulu nakakhulu. Ngisho nomdlali oneminyaka engu-83 ubudala akazange abone amafilimu ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe. Naphezu kwezinkinga zememori, uSharif wenqaba ukuphathwa, engaqapheli ukungathí sina kwesimo.
Ukuphakama kokuthandwa komdlali waseGibhithe u-Omar Sharif kwawela phakathi nekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Udumo lwamazwe wonke lwamenza indima efilimu ethi "Lawrence of Arabia". Kufanelekile ukuphawula ukuthi ekuqaleni u-Alain Delon wamukelwa kule ndima, kodwa umdlali wezandla wenqabe ukugqoka ama-lensi ezinombala okwakudingeka enze amehlo akhe aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ngokuba indima "ku-Lawrence" umlingisi wathola i-Golden Globe, futhi wakhethwa i-Oscar.
Ngenxa yokuthi "uLawrence wase-Arabia", umlingisi waseGibhithe watholakala eHollywood, futhi emsebenzini wakhe wefilimu wabonakala njengezici zobuntu zomlando ngokubukeka okungavamile. Ngakho-ke, efilimu "Futhi manje ihhashi elimhlophe" u-Omar wadlala iSpain, e-Yellow Rolls Royce - Yugoslavia, "Ukuwa koMbuso WaseRoma" - iNkosi yase-Armenia yaseMandulo, neRomania elidumile eline-tape "Genghis Khan".
Isigaba esibalulekile emsebenzini wokudala we-actor kwaba indima kwifilimu "uDokotela Zhivago" esekelwe encwadini kaBoris Pastrnak. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ehhovisi lebhokisi laseSoviet impumelelo enkulu yajabulela iTape "i-Gold McKenna", lapho umdlali odlala khona waseMexico uJohn Colorado.
U-Omar Sharif noFaten Hamama: Uthando Lokuphila
Naphezu kokuphumelela kwabo besithulu nabesifazane, uthando oluyinhloko luka-Omar lwaluyinkanyezi yaseGibhithe iFaten Hamama. Ukuze abe ngumyeni wakhe, uSharif wathatha u-Islam. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, lo mbhangqwana waqhekeka, kodwa u-Omar akazange ashade futhi, echaza lokhu ngenxa yokuthi wayengeke athande omunye wesifazane.
Ingxenye ngonyaka odlule uFaten Hamama wafa. Ngesikhathi indodana ka-Omar etshela indodana yakhe ngokushona komuntu owayengumkakhe, lo mdlali wabuhlungu kakhulu, kodwa ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa wabuza indodana yakhe ukuthi uFaten wayenjani.