Wilf Carter, 91, a Canadian country music legend who was known to U.S. He starred in scores of popular television series and films in a career that spanned more than 30 years. Mutaw'a, who held a law degree and a doctorate in drama, directed 57 plays, including some of Egypt's best-known stage productions. The couple later announced their divorce.ĭr. According to press reports, he was hospitalized last month after an argument with his wife, television broadcaster Majda Assem. 9 at a hospital in Cairo after a heart attack.

Karam Mutaw'a, 63, one of Egypt's leading stage actors and directors, died Dec. Outside of Europe, his plays and verses were published in China and the United States. But he won international prizes and had his works translated into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch and Greek. He lived a life of censorship and harassment, as did all but the most fawning of writers under Ceausescu. Sorescu, who was hailed as a national voice during decades of Communist repression, began his literary career in 1954 when he published a poetry volume titled 'Alone Among Poets.' He went on to write such plays as 'Cousin Shakespeare' and 'The Third Stake,' ironic takes on the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. He had cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis. 8 at a hospital in Bucharest after a heart attack. Marin Sorescu, 60, a revered Romanian poet who served as minister of culture in the leftist government of Nicolae Vacaroiou from November 1993 to May 1995, died Dec.

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