Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed died on Wednesday — a day before the 26th anniversary of the Paris car crash that killed his son, Dodi, and Princess Diana, his family said Friday. He is 94 years old.
Al Fayed – a former department store mogul – was buried at London’s Regent’s Park Mosque on Friday, according to Al Jazeera Egypt.
“Mrs. Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren would like to confirm that her beloved husband, their father and their grandfather, Mohamed, has passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday 30 August 2023,” the family said in a statement, according to the UK Guardian.
“He enjoyed a long and fulfilling retirement surrounded by those he loved.”
Al Fayed once owned the famous British department store Harrods along with Fulham Football Club.
Dodi, his eldest son, died with Princess Diana in a collision in Paris on August 31, 1997 — almost exactly 26 years to the day of his father’s death.
Al Fayed was laid to rest at a funeral in London, almost exactly 26 years to the day after his son’s death.WWD
Al-Fayed was born in Roshdy, Alexandria, Egypt, in 1929. He later married Saudi journalist Samira Khashoggi in 1954, according to the UK Independent. Dodi was born a year later.
He later launched a shipping company before meeting the former ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum — who hired him to help build the burgeoning city.
Al-Fayed was born in Roshdy, Alexandria, Egypt, in 1929. Getty Images
Dodi is the former romantic partner of Princess Diana.Tim Graham
In the 1960s, he moved to the UK and in 1979, he bought the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which he still owned at the time of his death.
Earlier this year, his fortune was estimated at $2 billion — making him the 1,493rd richest person in the world.
Her son was close friends with Princess Diana for about a decade before falling in love with her while on vacation on a yacht in the south of France — just weeks before their deaths.
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