death_place death_date years_active birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
zagreb , croatia 06 september 2009 1958 -- 2009 bošnjaci , sava banovina , kingdom of yugoslavia 01 february 1932 vanja drach
 vanja drach actor
vanja drach

vanja drach -lrb- bošnjaci , 1 february 1932 -- zagreb , 6 september 2009 -rrb- was a croatian theatre and film actor .
his film and television credits include `` h-8 '' , `` lud zbunjen normalan '' , `` gospa '' , `` charuga '' , `` kapelski kresovi '' , `` nikola tesla '' , `` svjedoci '' .
between 1957 up to his retirement in 1998 , he acted in the croatian national theatre in zagreb , apart from the period 1975 -- 81 when he was member of the troupe `` teatar u gostima '' .
in 2005 he received the vladimir nazor award for lifetime achievement in theatre .
in 2005 , vanja drach was operated for a tumor on his vocal cords , but eventually the cancer spread to his lungs .
he died in the clinical hospital `` jordanovac '' , a respiratory disease clinic -lrb- today part of the university hospital centre -rrb- .
