On Friday at 15.00 the funeral, from the Amarousiou cemetery.
The well-known and much-loved actor Vassilis Tsivilikas passed away on Wednesday morning, in age 70 years, during his transfer to Sismanoglio General Hospital where he was rushed with severe chest pain. He breathed his last in the ambulance, shortly after seven in the morning, from a heart attack.
As the director of the Sismanoglio Hospital reported to Mega, attempts were made to revive him inside the ambulance, while the same attempt was made on 40 minutes and from the hospital doctors without finally succeeding.
Vassilis Tsivilikas was born in Thessaloniki in 1942. Even from school, his teachers urged him to turn to the theater. Despite the fact that he entered English Literature, decided to go down to Athens and take exams at the Drama school of the Art Theater – he didn't pass there but at the school of Pelos Katselis from where he graduated.
It first appeared in the theater 1965 and a little later he finally collaborated with Karolos Koon and the Art Theater. His first film appearance, in the early 70s, was in Alekos Sakellariou's movie "My aunt the hippie". Since then he has participated in several films, while his presence in the theater was constant.
Thiasarchis has been performing every year on stage for many years, in comedies, Greek and foreign, where he directed and starred. This year, for the second season he played in the comedy "Bicycle Life" together with Yiannis Bostanzoglou, Petros Xekoukis et al.
Vassilis Tsivilikas, a naturally comedic actor, enjoyed great success both in prose and in the revue. He was married and had two children.
In a statement, the Ministry of Culture states: "Vassilis Tsivilikas served the theatrical art for a long time with consistency and ethics and was especially loved by the public".
The mayor of Athens also sent his warm condolences to the actor's family, George Kaminis. "The untimely death of actor and leading comedian Vassilis Tsivilikas is a great loss for modern Greek cinema and theater. Υπηρέτησε αγόγγυστα την ελληνική επιθεώρηση, προσφέροντας γέλιο και χαρά».
Η κηδεία του Βασίλη Τσιβιλίκα θα τελεστεί στις 3 το μεσημέρι της Παρασκευής από το νεκροταφείο Αμαρουσίου.
Thrill and sadness in the art world
Shocked by the news of the death of Vassilis Tsivilikas, the actor declares to APE-MPE, George Constantine. "I didn't expect something like this. He was a very healthy man. I worked with him for the last four years. He was a great theater person. A man I admired for his courage, his strength and beliefs, which he was very supportive of. Vassilis Tsivilikas was a man “votarist” in the theater, it was his whole life. I'm sorry because it's really a big loss for us.".
George Partsalakis also spoke about Vassilis Tsivilikas: "He was a man of culture, educated, with a lot of humor, theater connoisseur, with humanity. Vassilis and his generation were supports for young people. We also had something else in common. We had both finished the School of Pelos Katselis. And Katselis primarily taught us to be colleagues off stage as well. Vassilis had morals both on and off the stage".
Kind, active and always optimistic describes the comic actor Spyros Bibilas. "He loved young people very much, theater worker and gentleman with a capital K. I am shocked because his death was so unexpected, he was active and into things. Although we never had the chance to work together, we knew each other very well and our contact was very frequent. His death was a sudden event that has shocked us all.".