Omar Sharif Battling Alzheimer’s Disease!!!

Lawrence of Arabia star Omar Sharif battling Alzheimer’s disease, according to his spokesperson, who confirmed the famed  actors struggle.

Legend and Hollywood mainstay Golden Era actor, Omar Sharif is best known for his performance in Funny Girl, Juggernaut and Top Secret!

CelebNMusic247.com has this report via DS:

The actor’s agent Steve Kenis told The AP that Sharif has been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease.

Omar’s son Tarek Sharif first revealed the news in an interview with Spanish outlet El Mundo.

Sharif most recently appeared on the big screen in the 2013 French-Moroccan film Rock the Casbah, and appeared in the television series The Ten Commandments and The Traveler in the last decade.

The Egyptian actor’s English-language breakthrough in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) earned him two Golden Globe Awards, and led to his casting in another Golden Globe-winning title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965).

We wish him the best of health.

We have had family members who suffer the same disease, but they started taking Protandim and they’re doing a lot better. It’s worth a try.

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