Moustapha Akkad's Death
Born (Birthday) July 1, 1930
Death Date November 11, 2005
Age of Death 75 years
Cause of Death Terrorist Attack
Profession Film Producer
The film producer Moustapha Akkad died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Syrian American producer and director who produced the original Halloween films and directed the films Mohammad, Messenger of God, and Lion of the Desert.
He was married twice and had three children. He and his daughter were killed by a suicide bomber in 2005 in Amman, Jordan.
Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker who produced the “Halloween” horror movie franchise, died Friday of wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan. He was 75, according to his family. His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, 34, died immediately in the attack.
Quotes
"I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.
"If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can’t blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That’s my message.
"Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it’s so little known about it which surprised me.