having once said to a man who asked him to join a prolific business project "I would never even dare give the chance to the smallest villager in the most remote town to even think that I made a benefit of one penny" . Another story relates how a relative of his wife wanted Abdallah El-Yafi to grant him a license to build a tunnel in Dahr El-Baydar, an area in Mount Lebanon promising him a worthy profit. Abdallah El-Yafi told his wife "You either throw him out of my house now, or I will throw him down the stairs myself". Death Abdallah El-Yafi was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at an old age. His sight got worse as he grew older, and therefore stopped reading, which let him degenerate further more into Alzheimer's. He died in Beirut, in his home, on 4 November 1986. References External links 1901 births 1986 deaths University of Paris alumni Prime Ministers of Lebanon Lebanese Sunni Muslims Defense ministers of Lebanon Finance ministers of Lebanon Deaths from dementia in Lebanon Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Politicians from Beirut Interior ministers of Lebanon