Al Anoud died, at the age of 76, of kidney failure in Santa Barbara in March 1999 after a long period of treatment in Los Angeles.

[6] Faisal bin Fahd studied political science and economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, graduating in 1971.

In July 1975, he became the president of Youth Welfare, replacing Khalid bin Faisal in the post.

[10] He was also the president of the Arabian football union and head of the national committee on drugs control, to which he had been appointed in 1984.

[18] His father, King Fahd, could not return to Saudi Arabia from Marbella to attend Faisal's funeral due to his medical condition that did not allow him to make a journey.

[17] Mourners also included then Crown Prince Hamza of Jordan, the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and Bahrain's Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman, and Crown Prince, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad.