Overview

• The Saudi Press Agency and his father confirmed on July 19, 2025, that Al-Waleed had died at age 36 after two decades in a persistent vegetative state
• Funeral prayers were held July 20 at Riyadh’s Grand Mosque Imam Turki bin Abdullah in accordance with Islamic rites
• At 15, Al-Waleed suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and severe traumatic brain injury in a 2005 car crash in London that left him comatose
• He remained on permanent mechanical ventilation and tube feeding at King Abdulaziz Medical City without recovering consciousness despite minimal reflex movements recorded in 2019 and 2020
• His father’s refusal to withdraw life support rooted in faith transformed the case into a symbol of resilience that prompted discussion about the ethics of prolonged life support