Film director Sergiu Nicolaescu died at the age of 82 on Thursday at the Elias Hospital in Bucharest, TV news channel report.

Sergiu Nicolaescu, who was suffering from a benign chronic digestive disorder, underwent a laparoscopic surgery on Dec. 28 at the Elias Hospital.

In early Dec., Sergiu Nicolaescu, who was a senator of the Social Democratic Party in the 2008-2012 term, thanked his colleagues for the years they spent together, announcing he did not candidate for the Dec. 9 parliamentary election because he wanted to dedicate himself to his profession in the last years of his life.

Director, actor and producer Sergiu-Florin Nicolaescu was born on April 13, 1930 in Targu-Jiu, the county of Gorj (south-western Romania).

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