Born: 15 April 1955 · Died: 31 August 1997 · Age: 42
Quick facts
Date of birth15 April 1955
Date of death31 August 1997
Age at death42
NationalityEgyptian
BirthplaceAlexandria, Egypt
Editor's Take:
Dodi Fayed spent most of his life as a wealthy film producer. He had a taste for glamour. He backed a Best Picture winner and lived between London, Paris and Los Angeles. His brief summer romance with Diana made him world famous. Weeks later both died when their car crashed in a Paris tunnel. Inquiries in France and Britain found the driver was drunk and speeding. His father spent years disputing those findings. The crash remains one of the most discussed events of the 1990s.
Key Milestones
1981: Executive producer on Chariots of Fire
1986: Co-produces the thriller F/X
1997: Begins a relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales
1997: Killed in a Paris car crash
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em "Dodi" Al-Fayed ( FY-ed; 15 April 1955 – 31 August 1997) was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997.
