Aktor Zul Ariffin terbang ke Jakarta Indonesia semalam bagi memberi penghormatan terakhir buat Allahyarham Ashraf Sinclair yang meninggal dunia awal pagi Selasa.

Menurut Zul dia sudah cuba sedapa upaya untuk hadir ke pengebumian sahabatnya namun tidak kesampaian.

“Saya di sini, datang secepat yang mungkin. Saya minta maaf kerana tidak berpeluang untuk melakukan solat jenazah, serta mengusung jenazah kamu serta mencium dahi mu untuk kali terakhir,” tulisnya.

Zul berkongsi perkara tersebut di akaun Instagram (IG) miliknya.

Pelakon filem Sangkar itu turut berkongsi momen manis dan detik permulaan perkenalannya dengan Ashraf lebih sedekad yang lalu.

“Ashraf, rasa macam baru semalam kita duduk bersama lepak Mamak di Johor, gelak sakan pasal perjalanan hidup kita bersama.

“Awak adalah kawan sebenar pertama dalam industri dari sama-sama modelling shoots dan kemudian ditolak, lebih membuatkan saya tergelak bila kamu kata hendak berlakon dan kita gelak bersama lagi bila awak kata saya pun patut berlakon juga. Lebih gila bila ada satu masa selepas satu dekad kemudian kita berlakon dalam satu filem yang sama. Tiada siapa jangka kita boleh pergi sejauh ini,” luahnya.

Menerusi Insta Story Zul dia sempat berkongsi fotonya yang berada di pusara Ashraf.

Zul turut mendedahkan Ashraf seorang yang baik dan penyayang terutama dengan isterinya, Bunga Citra Lestari serta anaknya, Noah Aidan Sinclair, 10 tahun.

“Itu semua mengenai kerjaya kita tapi tidak boleh bandingkan dengan malam yang kita berkongsi cerita. Kamu terus ceria dan teruja apabila bercerita mengenai isteri dan anak kamu.

“Lebih-lebih lagi bila Bunga Citra Lestari telefon kamu dan ketika itu kamu sangat gedik dan mengada, rasa nak campak teh tarik kat muka..

“Tapi itu membuktikan betapa kamu cintakan isteri serta anak kamu ia sangat berharga. Kamu sesungguhnya seorang yang baik dan hebat. Saya rindukan kamu,” katanya lagi.

[[BACA: Ashraf Sinclair Meninggal Dunia Kerana Serangan Jantung]]

Ashraf Sinclair, pelakon kelahiran Malaysia yang menempa nama di Indonesia itu dilaporkan meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung pada pagi Selasa.

Allahyarham meninggalkan seorang balu dan anak lelaki bernama Noah Aidan Sinclair berusia 10 tahun.

I’m here bro..came as soon as i could, i’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to solat jenazah, carry you, and kiss your forehead for the last time. Brother, it feels like only yesterday that we were sitting at the mamak in Johor, gelak sakan pasal our journey together. You were my first real friend in the industry - from being together on modelling shoots, being rejected together, to me laughing my head off when you said you wanted to act. Laughed even harder when you said I should too, then one day we could act together. It seemed like the craziest idea at that time and there we were, more than a decade later, being in the same film together as lead antagonist and protagonist. No one would have guessed bro that we would have made it this far. The shoot couldn’t have been better - playing catch with the boats rather than actually feeling like we were acting - laughing and giggling as if we were young guys again. I have no words bro to describe how thankful I am that we got to make our dream of working together finally come true. I know we would have had a blast promoting the film and having another laugh together. That was all work bro, but nothing can compare to that night when we got to share our stories. Your face literally lit up talking about your wife and your son - your family, you were so thrilled and excited to share your stories about them and when Bunga called halfway through, it was even worse bro, you were so gedik and ngade, rasa nak campak teh tarik kat muka.. ! Lol... but that is just testament to how good you were as a person and how much you loved your wife and family and that is something so precious all of us dream of having bro. You totally deserved it as well, being a genuinely kind and wonderful person. I miss you bro.. Al-Fatihah.

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