His wife died in February. Ilona Várhalmi, aunt Cila of national theater life. He could no longer share his joy with him, which was recognized by the Actor of the Nation.
After the death of Miklós Benedek, Sándor Csikos was elected Actor of the Nation by his colleagues. He found his calling in Debrecen, spent most of his career as a member of the Csokonai Theater, yet became a nationally known artist. However, he rarely spoke about his childhood, youth and private life. Nor about the deep pain that hit him in February. The actor lost his beloved wife after many decades.
“I played less now:
I was by Cila’s side day and night for nine months. He had cerebral thrombosis.
He asked me not to take him to the hospital, because he can only go to the cemetery from there. In the last month, it got to such a state that it had to be. But he still had flashes. When I went to him at the end, saying ‘I’m here, Sanyi!’, he turned away twice. I knew he wanted to leave. I had to let him go… He had a nice, serene funeral worthy of him: his former students also showed up, and Bishop Károly Fekete remembered my Cila upliftingly.
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