Sitcom star Sukma Ayu dead at 25
Sitcom star Sukma Ayu dead at 25
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Actress Sukma Ayu, who played tomboy Rohaye in the hit TV sitcom
Kecil Kecil Jadi Manten, died on Saturday afternoon of heart
failure at her home in Bukit Sentul, West Java. She was 25.
The daughter of veteran actress Nani Wijaya and director
Misbach Yusa Biran had been in a coma since last April, when she
suffered a fall at a Central Jakarta nightclub and underwent
surgery for a cut to her arm. However, she developed a hematoma
on the brain and slipped into a coma.
At her parent's request, Sukma had been transferred from the
ICU at Medistra Hospital in South Jakarta to her home on Friday
night. A private TV station provided an exclusive broadcast of
Sukma's final hours on Saturday, although some complained the
coverage was morbid and intrusive.
She was surrounded by her parents and family when she died at
about 1:45 p.m. Burial is scheduled in Ciomas, Bogor, at 9 a.m.
on Sunday.
"The cause of Sukma's death was not due to being moved from
Medistra Hospital," the family's doctor, Suparman, was quoted as
saying by detikcom. "When she came home on Friday, Sukma's
condition was quite stable, and she was fed intravenously and
urinated."
He added that her extended period in a coma and the brain
damage she suffered had led to impaired functioning of her lungs
and heart.
In the past five months, various fund-raising efforts,
including auctioning photographs of the actress and recordings of
her songs, were made to help Sukma's family with her medical
expenses.
Sukma, who had also starred in the TV sitcom Jin and Jun,
gained media attention for shaving her head to play soccer-
playing, carefree Rohaye who gets married as a teenager.
She was also at the center of a scandal last year when a
series of obscene photos, purportedly showing her with her ex-
boyfriend musician Bjah, were circulated. She denied the photos
were of her.
Bjah, along with comedian Eko Patrio, was among the mourners
at her family's house on Saturday evening, detikcom reported.