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It was a difficult year, which for the first time in our recent history faced us with a global pandemic. We have changed our way of life, but the saddest thing is the loss of loved ones. 6,978 Bulgarians died from Covid-19. Dozens of doctors, nurses, teachers, people who faced the danger directly, left.
During the year we said goodbye to emblematic personalities who left their mark on sports, theater, the music scene, fine arts, law, journalism, politics.
On January 1, Silvia Zurleva, a longtime journalist and philologist and director of Nova TV, died in an accident. In January, we were left by the academician Blagovest Sendov, a world famous mathematician, former rector of the University of Sofia, former president of the Bulgarian National Assembly and Academy of Sciences, ambassador to Japan.
At the beginning of the year the picturesque artists Andrey Daniel and Venko Urumov also left.
This year we parted ways with the world famous Hristo Yavashev – Christo – the Bulgarian who impressed the world with the Reichstag packaging, the Iseo floating docks and dozens of other facilities. At the end of the year, another of our compatriots, famous for Bulgaria, passed away: the world famous heart surgeon Prof. Alexander Chirkov, who performed the first heart transplant in our country and in the Balkans.
At the peak of Easter we lost the famous television presenter Milen Tsvetkov, who died in a brutal accident, dragged by a drugged driver on a boulevard in Sofia.
In July, billionaire philanthropist Ignat Kanev passed away. A modern conference center was built at Ruse University with donations from him.
In December, businessman and large donor Marin Radevski died of COVID-19. World-famous opera singer Kamen Chanev, OP deputy Valentin Kasabov, BTA CEO Maxim Minchev, Supreme Judicial Council member Evgeni Dikov, famous herbalist Dr. Milko Toshkov, fighter Nikolay Shterev, the creator of Dr. was unable to combat the insidious disease. the festival in Bansko Dr. Emil Iliev, the businessman and editor of the magazine “Manager” Vasil Mirchev, the vocalist of the Bulgarian group PIF Dimo Stoyanov.
During the year, the theater lost the actors Valcho Kamarashev, Vasil Stoychev, the former director of the National Theater Prof. Vasil Stefanov, the Bulgarian pantomime legend Nikolay Ganchev – Rudi. The famous film theorist Prof. Nedelcho Milev also passed away.
In March we lost the great jazz musician Simeon Shterev. Gone is the great composer Ivan Staykov, author of music on iconic films such as “Lord for a Day” and “To Love Obstinately.” The poet, author of some of the most beloved Bulgarian songs Dimitar Kerelezov, godfather of the famous group “The Crickets” died in September. In the summer we lost the great poet Mirjana Basheva, author of the lyrics of hit songs like “Let it be summer”, “Hopeless” event “,” Saturday afternoon “. We all remember the verse “If at least one more thing is next to all being good …” from the song “Dano”.
Also in the summer, the emblematic director of the National Institute of Ancient Languages and Cultures, Gergina Toncheva, passed away. This year we were left with the famous translator and university professor Vera Gancheva, who translated “Pippi Longstocking” into Bulgarian, recalls Vesti.bg.
The famous economist and former Finance Minister Stoyan Alexandrov died in August. Economist Prof. Hristina Vucheva, also a former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, died in October. Gen. died in October. Lyuben Gotsev, former Foreign Minister in the Andrei Lukanov government.
In September, after a severe stroke, businessman and organizer of the Miss Playmate pageant Hristo Sirakov died.
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