"Over the past 48 hours, Mr. Sergiu Nicolaescu’s condition worsen, there occurred severe cardiac and pulmonary complications which failed to respond to the intensive treatment applied leading to his death today, 01.03.2013, 8.20 pm," the press release sent by Elias Hospital reads, Mediafax informs.
Director Sergiu Nicolaescu, aged 82, was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of Elias Hospital on December 26 and underwent surgery for peritonitis 2days later.
The director was operated on by a team of surgeons belonging to the Elias Hospital, by laparoscope.
According to the Hospital’s representatives , the peritonitis had its starting point in the appendicular, it was discovered during the operation and solved laparoscopically.
One week before the admission, Nicolaescu had fell while heading to his garage and suffered a chest injury, having cracked a few ribs.
On December 12, 2012, PSD Senator Nicolaescu thanked his colleagues in the Senate for the time spent together, adding that he did not run for a new term since he had few years to live which he had wished to spend doing his profession.
"I want to thank you for these four wonderful years that we spent together, where you have showed me respect and consideration, and feelings that I owe right back at you. I still have a few years to live and I wanted to finish them in my profession, this is the reason why I did not take part in the elections. I would like to bid you a sincere Farewell ”, Nicolaescu was speaking from the Senate’s Tribune at the last meeting of the current legislative body, being applauded by the audience.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's filmography - director, film actor, screenwriter and film producer - includes over 50 feature films, of which the best known are "When I condemned all to death" (1971), "With clean hands' (1972), "Condemnation" (1976), "Last night of love", "Nea Marin the billionaire" (1979), "Ciuleandra" (1985), "Triangle of Death" (1999), "Orient Express" (2004), "the Survivor "(2008).
If the movie "Orient Express" was the most viewed Romanian premiere of 2004, perhaps the most impressive production signed by Sergiu Nicoalescu was "Michael the Brave" (1979), starring Amza Pellea – a creative landmark in the history of the Romanian film.
His most recent films include "The Last Corrupt", released earlier this year and which is a continuation of the feature film "Poker" (2010).
Sergiu Nicolaescu was first elected Member of Parliament in 1990, on the National Salvation Front lists and during the current legislative he ended his fifth term in Parliament. The only term that he was not an MP was the one of 2004-2008. Nicolaescu was a member of the Senate Culture Committees in each legislature and chaired the culture committee in the current legislature. He counted also among those who took part in the Revolution of 1989.
