KUALA LUMPUR: After 23 days of receiving treatment in a hospital, actor Lan Zailan, 66, passed away at the University Malaya Medical Centre (PPUM) at 4.20am today.
This was announced by his wife, Ruby Sara Omar, to fellow artistes via WhatsApp message.
"Assalamualaikum, I, Zailan's wife, would like to inform you that he has just breathed his last," she wrote.
His body will be bathed and shrouded at PPUM at 8am and will be taken to the As Salam Puchong Perdana Mosque for prayers.
The body will be buried at the USJ 22 Islamic Cemetery.
Lan Zailan, or his real name, Zailan Kamaruddin, suffered from stage four pancreatic cancer and has been treated at PPUM since Nov 27.