Abu Bakar bin Mohd Juah (29 April 1948 – 15 August 2020) was a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n actor and former prison officer. He served as Senior Director of

Taiping Prison The Taiping Prison ( ms, Penjara Taiping; formerly known as Larut Prison and Taiping Training Centre) was established in 1879 and is the first and oldest modern prison complex in Malaysia.Taiping, Perak Taiping (, Jawi: ; zh, t=太平, , Hokkien: Thài-pêng; ta, தைப்பிங்) is a town located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and ...

. He had married Rusidah Mohd Yassin in 1980 and had four children and one grandchild. He was last seen in a Malaysian television drama, Mr. Grey in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Telemovie

Illness and death

He was diagnosed with

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

in 2016. However, he was confirmed to be cured from stage four of

colon cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel mo ...

after undergoing 12 sessions of

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherap ...

treatment at the

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM or HCTM, formerly known as ''Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia'' (HUKM), is one of the five university hospitals in Malaysia. It is located in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur and is administered by Unive ...

(PPUKM). He died at his residence in Cheras,

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

on the evening of 15 August 2020.Pelakon veteran Abu Bakar Juah meninggal dunia
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'' Retrieved 15 August 2020.

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* * * 1948 births 2020 deaths Malaysian male actors Malaysian television actors Malaysian film actors Malaysian prison administrators People from Perak Deaths from colorectal cancer {{Malaysia-actor-stub