A great shock was received by the Egyptian artistic community by the announcement of the death of the artist, Gala Fahmy, at the age of 59, on Saturday evening.
The news was announced by her brother, director of photography, Mustafa Fahmy, through his account on “Facebook”, and wrote: “I moved to God’s mercy, my sister, Jala Fahmy.”
The news caused a great shock to everyone, after the death came suddenly, without news of her suffering from a health crisis.
Gala Fahmy belongs to an artistic family, his father is director Ashraf Fahmy, and she initially worked as a broadcaster before her artistic career began at an early age.
Gala married the Egyptian musician Omar Khairat and gave birth to his only son “Omar”. Among the films presented by her are the films “Galagala”, “Tata’, Rika and Kazem Bey” and “Qedbat Al-Hilali”.