Famous Czech actor Josef Abrhám dies aged 82

One of the Czech Republic’s most popular actors, Josef Abrhám, has died at the age of 82, news site Blesk.cz reported on Tuesday citing actor Jan Kačer.  Often cast to play handsome, seductive characters, Abrhám was perhaps most famous for his roles as chief physician  Blažej in the hit 1970s and 1980s TV series Hospital at the End of the City, or as Dalibor Vrána in the 1981 film Waiter, Scarper!.

Josef Abrhám was married to Czech actress Libuše Šafránková, who was made famous by her role of Cinderella in the 1970s fairy-tale Tři oříšky pro Popelku. Šafránková died almost exactly a year ago, in June 2021.