Tributes pour in following death of Lebanese singer Georges Al Rassi aged 42

Popular Lebanese singer Georges Al Rassi has died in a car crash aged 42, as reported on Saturday, August 27.

“Pop singer George Al-Rassi died, on Saturday morning, after his car crashed into a concrete barrier in the Masnaa locality at the point separating the Lebanese and Syrian borders, as he was coming from the Syrian border.”

“A woman who was accompanied by Al-Rassi also died,” read an official statement by the Lebanon National News Agency.

Georges Al Rassi, born January 1980, was a Lebanese actor, singer, model, musician, and songwriter.

At 16 years of age Georges Al Rassi earnt his first contract, a six months agreement to perform at Options, the international nightclub, in Kaslik, Lebanon.

Tributes have flooded Twitter following the announcement of his death:

https://twitter.com/samerdaboul6/status/1563436309846245377

“Dear friend @GeorgesAlRassi and @NadineElRassi
there are no words to express my deep sadness and infinite sorrow for this great loss 🙏🏻💔🙏🏻🥲”

To which another user responded: “The ugliest thing to hear when you are going to receive such news suddenly, may God have mercy on him and give patience to his family 🙏.”

أبشع شي بهالدني يوصلّك هيك خبر فجأة ألله يرحمو ويصبّر أهلو 🙏

— Nada Jezzine (@NadaJezzine) August 27, 2022

RIP @GeorgesAlRassi pic.twitter.com/KtKHUvCmzY

— Riham al Khatib ريهام الخطيب (@rihamalkhatibrk) August 27, 2022

“May your soul rest in peace, and may your memory be eternal 🙏🏻 May God have mercy on him and give patience to your heart.  @NadineElRassi”

#جورج_الراسي
لروحك السلام وليكن ذكرك مؤبداً 🙏🏻#لبنان #سوريا #georgesalrassi
الله يرحمه ويصبر قلبك @NadineElRassi https://t.co/ZD5kb3fXtd

— Samir Makdisyan (@Mak90Samir) August 27, 2022

“@GeorgesAlRassiOh my God, what is this sad and painful news…. Oh my God, forbidden, may God have mercy and give patience to his family, sisters and son @NadineElRassi and may God have mercy on the girl who was with him and give patience to his family and children.”

@GeorgesAlRassi يا الله شو هالخبر الحزين المؤلم … يا ربي حرام الله يرحم #جورج_الراسي ويصبّر عائلته واخواته وابنه #المسيح_قام @NadineElRassi والله يرحم الصبية #زينة_المرعبي اللي كانت برفقته ويصبّر أهلها واولادها

— Lolita (@LolitaJr) August 27, 2022

Further tweets allegedly showed footage of the singer hours before his death:

#النجم #جورج_الراسي قبل وفاته بساعات
حادث سير مروع يودي بحياة #النجم #جورج_الراسي و #زينة_مرعبي على الطريق الحدودي بين #لبنان #سوريا @GeorgesAlRassi #حقائق_المشاهير pic.twitter.com/kgCUqcRkyq

— حقائق المشاهير (@1CelebrityFacts) August 27, 2022

ضيعانك 😢 🙏 @GeorgesAlRassi pic.twitter.com/D7yYcatuQv

— shayla Al Khoury (@shaylaelkhoury1) August 27, 2022

The news follows reports on Thursday, August 25 when it was revealed that Uganda’s former Security Minister Elly Tumwine had died aged 68.

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