Sheik who stirred controversy over decor of his mansions dies

Modesto Bee ^ | 2/2/03 | AP

[hoosierskypilot]

LOS ANGELES(AP) - Mohammed al-Fassi, the Saudi Arabian sheik who stirred controversy for redecorating his mansions in Beverly Hills and Miami Beach with gaudy statues and religious signs, has died. He was 50.

Al-Fassi died of an infected hernia on Dec. 24 in Cairo, Egypt, the Los Angeles Times reported.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Al-Fassi died of an infected hernia

OUCH!!!

I wonder what Islamic law says about death by infected hernia.

[LADY J]

All this - and he couldn't afford a decent doctor?

[MoralSense]

The house was right on Sunset Blvd., only a few blocks from the Beverly Hills Hotel, and it was a grand old mansion. Strangely, the paint on the classical statues didn't look bad; the Greeks and Romans used to do the same thing. But the guy apparently went so loony with various "renovations" that the house had to be torn down -- it couldn't be re-sold. A $6 million pad at the time.

[csvset]

All this - and he couldn't afford a decent doctor?

Sounds like he had more money than smarts.

Infected hernia. That had to have hurt.