 He collapsed at the Ile de France restaurant in Rome, was rushed to San Camilo Hospital, and died immediately thereafter on 18 March 1965.While some claim he was poisoned by Egyptian Intelligence, no official autopsy was conducted on his body.His will stipulated that he be buried in the Al Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo, but the request was denied by the Egyptian government under Gamal Abdel Nasser, and he was buried in Italy.