KUALA LUMPUR – Blogger “Steadyaku47” Hussein Abdul Hamid died from stroke complications at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) here at 5.50am today.
He was 77.
Datuk Hamidah Mohd Yusoff, a family member, confirmed the blogger’s passing.
She said Hussein’s remains would be taken to Masjid Solehin Pulapol for funeral prayers before being laid to rest at the Raudhatul Sakinah Phase 2 Muslim cemetery in Gombak following Zohor prayers.
Hamidah said Hussein had been warded to HKL’s Tunku Abdul Rahman Neurology Institute since last Thursday following a haemorrhagic stroke after falling unconscious at a shopping mall in the city.
He leaves behind a son and a daughter.
Hussein was Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s schoolmate at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak. – February 15, 2024