Toni Tecuceanu

{{short description|Romanian actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Toni

| image = Toni Tecuceanu.JPG

| imagesize = 160px

| caption = Toni Tecuceanu at Party Kiss in 2009.

| birth_name = Aurelian Antonio Tecuceanu

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1972|1|13}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|1|5|1972|1|13}}

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

| othername =

| occupation = Actor, comedian, television

| yearsactive = 2000s – December 2009

| spouse =

| website = }}

Aurelian-Antonio Tecuceanu{{Cite web|url=http://www.ziua.ro/news.php?id=48588&data=2010-01-06|title = Actorul Toni Tecuceanu, inmormantat in aplauzele colegilor: ZIUA}} ({{IPA|ro|ˌa.ureliˈan anˈtoni.o tekuˈt͡ʃe̯anu}}; 13 January 1972 – 5 January 2010), also known as Toni ({{IPA|ro|ˈtoni}}), was a Romanian comedy actor.[http://www.tonitecuceanu.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5%3Adespre-mine&catid=12%3Adespre-mine&Itemid=27 Pagina „Despre mine” a blogului personal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302053609/http://www.tonitecuceanu.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:despre-mine&catid=12:despre-mine&Itemid=27 |date=2 March 2012 }} He was a member of Cronica Cârcotaşilor, a popular sitcom at Prima TV.{{cite web |url=http://cronica.primatv.ro/tv/toni-tecuceanu-s-a-stins-din-viata.html |title=Cronica Carcotasilor TV |accessdate=2010-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100108091509/http://cronica.primatv.ro/tv/toni-tecuceanu-s-a-stins-din-viata.html |archivedate=8 January 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jurnal.md/en/news/a-h1n1-killed-an-actor-from-cronica-carcotasilor-122002/ |title=A H1N1 killed an actor from'Cronica Cârcotaşilor' - VIP life - Jurnal.md |accessdate=2010-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108114558/http://www.jurnal.md/en/news/a-h1n1-killed-an-actor-from-cronica-carcotasilor-122002/ |archivedate=8 January 2010}}

On 5 January 2010 he died at Matei Balş Hospital in Bucharest, due to complications from swine flu, at age 37. His death created a panic in Romania and after his death the rate of vaccinations increased.{{cite web| url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/galati/Socati_de_moartea_actorului_Toni_Tecuceanu-galatenii_au_dat_navala_sa_se_vaccineze_0_184781932.html | language=Romanian | title = Şocaţi de moartea actorului Toni Tecuceanu, gălăţenii au dat năvală să se vaccineze | date=6 January 2010| newspaper=Adevărul}}{{cite web | url=http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/romania/dupa-moartea-lui-toni-tecuceanu-romanii-au-inceput-sa-se-vaccineze-impotriva-gripei-noi_88931.html | title=După moartea lui Toni Tecuceanu românii au început să se vaccineze împotriva gripei noi }} He was buried at Ghencea Cemetery.{{cite web|url=http://www.ziare.com/stiri/frauda/toni-tecuceanu-inmormantat-joi-la-cimitirul-din-ghencea-985563|language=Romanian|newspaper=Ziua|title=Toni Tecuceanu, inmormantat joi la cimitirul din Ghencea|date= 7 January 2010|access-date=26 December 2019}}