KUALA LUMPUR: National arts icon Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar, better known as Rahman B, died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital at 4.33pm today.
He was 87 years old.
News of his death came from his grandson, Hussein Abdul Salam.
According to Hussein, his grandfather died due to a blood clot in his lungs.
“His remains will be taken from the hospital to Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru to be bathed before being laid to rest at the Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery after Zohor prayers tomorrow,” he said when contacted tonight.
The late Rahman B was born on May 18, 1935, in Kapar, Klang.
He received the National Artiste Award (Anugerah Seniman Negara) in 2004.
He had been involved in bangsawan, a type of traditional Malay opera or theatre, since the age of eight in the early 1940s, and had inherited the talent from his parents, Abu Bakar Saleh and Kasminah Taib.