Romanian Folk Artist Ion Dolanescu Dies At 65

Famous Romanian folk artist Ion Dolanescu, 65, died Thursday afternoon of heart attack at his home in capital city Bucharest.

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Dolanescu died around 16:00 local time despite ambulance doctors’ efforts to resuscitate him.

Dolanescu is famous for numerous radio and television broadcastings, many folk concerts, as well as his duets with famous folk artist and former wife Maria Ciobanu and their son Ionut Dolanescu.

In 1966, Dolanescu graduated from Ienachita Vacarescu high school in Targoviste, southern Romania, and later on attended the School of Popular Arts.

Dolanescu, who was awarded the 1970/1996 Gold Disc for his entire artistic career, recorded over 50 folk albums and had a close collaboration with famous folk artists Maria Tanase, Ionela Prodan and Elena Merisoreanu.

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