HIM Damsyik
HIM Damsyik bin Inci Djafar | |
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Born | Incik Muhammad Damsyik 14 March 1929 Teluk Betung, Lampung, Dutch East Indies |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Jakarta |
Resting place | KarTanah KusirCemetery |
Nationality | Indonesian |
Alma mater | Rellum Dancing School |
Occupation | Dancer, film actor |
Known for | Sitti Nurbaya (TV series) |
Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Spouse(s) | Linda Damsyik |
Children | 5 |
Hajji Incik Muhammad Damsyik (14 March 1929 – 3 February 2012), better known as HIM Damsyik was an Indonesian dancer and actor.
Biography
Damsyik was born in Teluk Betung, Lampung, Dutch East Indies on 14 March 1929.[1] His father was the director of employees of the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij, a shipping company. In the 1950s, he moved to Jakarta to further his education; at the same time he learning and competing in Ballroom Dance.[2] After winning a competition, he spent four years studying at the Rellum Dancing School in the Netherlands.[3]
Upon returning to Indonesia, Damsyik began giving private dance lessons.[2] In 1959 he was approached by Wim Umboh to do the choreography for Bertamasaya (Picnic); Damsyik ended up acting in the film as well.[3]
Damsyik became popular in 1992 after playing the antagonist Datuk Meringgih in Dedi Setiadi's serial adaptation of Marah Roesli's novel Sitti Nurbaya (1922).[3][4] Although he first considered not taking the role, after the series' cancellation he continued to identify with it.[2]
On 12 July 2002 Damsyik was selected as the head of the Indonesian Dance Association, under the National Sports Committee of Indonesia.[2]
Towards the end of 2011, Damsyik fell ill and in and out of the hospital. A first diagnosis, at Puri Cinere Hospital, was for Dengue. Two weeks afterwards, he was admitted to the Metropolitan Medical Centre (MMC); two weeks after his release, he was back at MMC,[5] where he began undergoing treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome. Damsyik died at Cinere Hospital in South Jakarta at roughly 2:00 a.m. local time (UTC+7) on 3 February 2012.[1] He was buried at Karet Bivak the same day.[6]
Personal life
Damsyik was married to Linda Damsyik, a dance instructor.[7] Together the couple had five children[3] and ran several dance studios in Jakarta.[7] Before his death, Damsyik was Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). tall and weighed 55 kilograms (121 lb).[2]
References
- Footnotes
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- Bibliography
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Jakarta Post 2012, Senior actor HIM.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sofyan 2012, Dunia Dansa Si.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Krismantari 2012, Obituary: Dancing actor.
- ↑ Eneste 2001, p. 48.
- ↑ Maullana and Kamil 2012, Melemah, HIM Damsyik.
- ↑ Maullana and Kamil 2012, Gerimis Iringi Pemakaman.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Jakarta Post 2000, Dance as if.