OT: Omar Sharif, 1932-2015

Submitted by Hotel Putingrad on July 10th, 2015 at 12:02 PM

We lost one of the great, old-school movie stars today. "Sherif Ali" was 83, which I found particularly poignant, since it's the same age as my dad, with whom I have watched so many of his roles.

R.I.P., Yuri Zhivago.

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pkatz

July 10th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^

Played on the early 1950s UM football teams?

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AA2Denver

July 10th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^

The scene of him riding through the desert in Lawrence of Arabia is sublime. Definetely worth a watch is you haven't seen it.

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July 10th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^

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AA2Denver

July 10th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^

And Lean, anything David Lean is must watch.

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DonAZ

July 10th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^

The memory trigger that pops for me goes way back to the early 1970's and a column in the daily paper about the card game bridge. Apparently, Omar was a world-class bridge player. The column was called "Bridge with Omar," or something like that. I have memories of graphics showing various clubs and spades and whatnot, and me not understanding a word of it. I'd then move on to the comics.

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