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"Breaking Bad" star Mike Batayeh has died at 52.
Batayeh passed away on June 1 after suffering a heart attack in his sleep, his manager confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The actor, who was known to fans as the manager of Gustavo's laundromat on the TV show, will be honored during a celebration of life service on June 16. Batayeh's funeral will be held June 17.
Actor Mike Batayeh died of a heart attack. (Getty Images)
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Batayeh appeared on "Breaking Bad" and "Sleeper Cell." (Getty Images)
The laundromat on the AMC series was where Bryan Cranston's character Walter White and Aaron Paul's character Jesse Pinkman made their drugs.
Batayeh appeared in three separate episodes released between 2011 and 2012.
His character Dennis Markowski met a fiery death after it became clear he intended to share details he knew in exchange for legal immunity.
The actor was also known for "Sleeper Cell" and "Night Stalker" and appeared in an episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Other credits include "Boy Meets World," "The Bernie Mac Show" and "Everybody Loves Raymond."
Outside of acting, Batayeh also worked as a stand-up comedian.
Batayeh, pictured on stage in 2014, also performed stand-up comedy. (Getty Images)
The actor grew up in Detroit and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in his 20s.
"Over the course of the past three decades, he achieved great success around the globe and established himself as a hilarious professional comedian, screenwriter, actor and tabla musician," Batayeh's obituary, shared with Fox News Digital by the family, read.
"In addition to his success in Hollywood, he was very well known in the Arab-American community, and was at the center of groundbreaking projects," the obituary continued. "Mike was part of the first wave of western comics to perform for local audiences in the Middle East in such places as Dubai, where he filmed a comedy special for Showtime Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, where he was invited 2 years in a row by the royal family for the Amman International Comedy Festival and Nazareth."
"He was a kind, sensitive, intelligent, and gifted soul. This is such a devastating loss of a huge life and Mike will be missed by us and so many people in all parts of the world," the obituary read.
Batayeh is survived by five sisters; Ida, Diane, MaryAnne, Madeline and Theresa. He is preceded in death by his parents, Abrahim and Victoria, and one sister, Jeannie.
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