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Video. Film legend Omar Sharif is laid to rest in Cairo

Updated: 12/07/2015 - 18:53 GMT+2

The funeral was held in Cairo on Sunday of Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif. Family, friends and fellow Egyptian stars were among those paying their

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