FORMER national football striker Shaharuddin Abdullah, who was one of the stars of the Malaysian team that played in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, died at the Taiping Hospital early today. He was 75. 

His second child, Shahrina Shaharuddin, 42, said her father died at about 5.07am surrounded by his seven children. 

“Our father has been suffering from asthma for the past two years and, on Saturday, he complained of being unwell and we took him to the hospital. 

“He was placed in an induced coma and his oxygen level was also unstable. After being admitted, he showed a positive development on Monday, but a few days later there was no response from him,” she said. 

She said the last rites would be held at Kampung Bukit Jana Nurul Hidayah surau before burial in the Kamunting Muslim Cemetery after Zohor prayers. 

Shaharuddin, who was nicknamed “The Black Cat” and “Sharpshooter”, began representing the national team in 1967 and proved to be a prolific marksman. – Bernama, December 28, 2023.