 After three surgeries, Assi's brain hemorrhage was halted.Ziad Rahbani, the eldest son of Fairuz and Assi, at age 16, decided to take over his father's composition for the musical "Saaloui n'Nass" ("The People Asked Me").Three months after suffering the hemorrhage, Assi attended the premiere performance of the musical in Piccadilly Theatre in Hamra Street.