RIP Mircea Diaconu

 

Romanian director, theater, film, TV actor, author and politician Mircea Diaconu died in Bucharest on December 14^th only 10 days before his 75^th birthday on the 24^th. He first appeared on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors. He acted in some sixty films through the 2000s and continued to act in theatre during the ensuing decade. He took part in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. In 2008, he entered electoral politics, becoming a senator, and subsequently serving a term as a Member of the European Parliament. In 2019, he ran for president, placing fourth. Mircea was married to actress Diana Lupescu and the father of model, actress Ana Diaconu and Victor Diaconu. He appeared as Romulus Brad in the Transylvanian western series “The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians” in 1977, “The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians” in 1978 and “The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians in 1979”.