Emil Hossu

{{Short description|Romanian actor (1941–2012)}}

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| birth_name = Emil Vasilie Hossu

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|11|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Kingdom of Romania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|1|25|1941|11|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

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|resting_place = Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest

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|nationality = Romanian

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|alma_mater = Institute of Theatre and Film Arts

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{{marriage |Anca Hossu|end=div}}

{{marriage |Catrinel Dumitrescu | 1992}}

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|children = Dan Hossu

|occupation = Film and theatre actor

|awards = National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank

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Emil Hossu ({{IPA|ro|eˈmil ˈhosu}}; 24 November 1941 – 25 January 2012) was a Romanian actor.{{cite news| url=http://www.tribuna.ro/stiri/actualitate/emil-hossu-locul-nasterii-ocna-sibiului-74130.html|title=Emil Hossu, data și locul nașterii|lang=ro|newspaper=Tribuna|date = January 26, 2012|access-date=August 20, 2024}}

Hossu was born into a Greek-Catholic family in Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County and grew up in Cluj. Since his father was a diplomat during the time of Ion Antonescu, his whole family was deported on August 23, 1945 to a camp in Germany; after a year and three months, they escaped and returned to Romania. In 1948, his father was sent by the Communist authorities to forced labor at the Danube–Black Sea Canal, from where he returned after 6 months, only to die from cancer.

After completing Cantemir Vodă High School in Bucharest,{{cite web|url=https://www.cncv.ro/istoric/|title=Istoric|lang=ro|publisher=Cantemir Vodă National College|access-date=August 23, 2024}} Hossu studied at the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts, which he graduated in 1965.{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/vedete/marea-iubire-a-lui-emil-hossu-actorul-care-a-2319003.html|title=Marea iubire a lui Emil Hossu, actorul care a murit pe scenă. Ce i-a spus soției sale în ultimele clipe|lang=ro|first=Ionela|last=Stănilă|newspaper=Adevărul|date=November 24, 2023|access-date=August 20, 2024}} With his first wife, violinist Anca Hossu, he had a son, Dan.{{cite news|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/emil-hossu-avea-un-fiu-din-prima-casatorie-251599/|title=Emil Hossu avea un fiu din prima căsătorie|lang=ro| first=Andre|last=Stanca|newspaper=România Liberă|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=August 20, 2024}} He was a well-known actor of stage and screen in the 1980s and 1990s, having performed in over 50 movies and stage productions. In 2002, he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank.{{citation| url=https://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/40804|title=Decretul Președintelui României nr. 1.042 din 13 decembrie 2002 privind conferirea unor decorații naționale| publisher=Monitorul Oficial|issue= 934|date= December 19, 2002}}

At the time of his death, on 25 January 2012, he was performing at the {{ill|Nottara Theatre|ro|Teatrul Nottara}} in Bucharest alongside his wife of 20 years, the actress Catrinel Dumitrescu. Hossu died of a cardiac arrest,{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/cultura/oameni/video--povestea-lui-emil-hossu--de-la-copilaria-intr-un-lagar-din-germania-la-viata-de-actor-de-succes-in-romania-251432|title= Povestea lui Emil Hossu: de la copilăria într-un lăgar din Germania la viața de actor de succes în România|language=Romanian|newspaper=România Liberă| date= January 25, 2012|access-date=March 30, 2020}} just as he was about to go on stage in a play called The Anniversary. He is interred at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest.