Nikos Xanthopoulos

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Greek cinema legend Nikos Xanthopoulos passes away aged 89 (Greek Herald)

Nikos Xanthopoulos, a renowned actor of Greek classical cinema, passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 due to chronic heart disease.

Xanthopoulos worked closely with director-producer Apostolos Tegopoulos and the film company KLAK Film, which helped make him a star in Greece during the dictatorship of the Junta. [Greece’s Culture Minister, Lina Mendoni,](https://greekherald.com.au/news/when-jenny-mikakos-reunited-with-greek-culture-minister-lina-mendoni/) paid tribute to Xanthopoulos [in a statement](https://t.co/lQ6C18TbAj) and said he was a “familiar face at a time when Greece was changing at a rapid and dramatic rate.” Xanthopoulos has been hospitalised and remained in intensive care at a hospital in Athens, Greece for over a month before his death.

Greek cinema's legendary “Good guy” Nikos Xanthopoulos passes ... (Neos Kosmos)

Nikos Xanthopoulos, a famous Greek cinema actor has passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 due to chronic heart disease.

Xanthopoulos was particularly popular in Australia and all his film screenings were sold out. Born in Athens in 1934, Xanthopoulos began his career as a stage actor before transitioning to film. During his filming career from 1958 to 1971 he starred in 48 movies.

Nikos Xanthopoulos Has Died At The Age Of 89 (Greek City Times)

Xanthopoulos had been hospitalised and remained in intensive care at a hospital in Athens, Greece, for over a month.

“The Child of the Folk” was also quite a talented singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles. Born in the Nea Ionia neighbourhood of Athens on March 14 1934, to a family of Pontic Greek refugees, Xanthopoulos began his career as a stage actor. The actor, who starred in forty-eight films throughout his career, which spanned from 1958 to 1971, became a star of Greek melodrama.

Greek Classic Cinema Actor Nikos Xanthopoulos Dies at 88 (Greek Reporter)

Nikos Xanthopoulos, one of the most prominent actors of Greek classical cinema, died at the age of 88 from chronic heart disease.

Follow GR on [Google News ](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqLQgKIidDQklTRndnTWFoTUtFV2R5WldWcmNtVndiM0owWlhJdVkyOXRLQUFQAQ)and [subscribe here ](https://greekreporter.com/about/newsletter/)to our daily email! “The Child of the Folk” was also quite a talented singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles. Additionally, he also recorded nine albums and fifty-five singles. In his personal life off the screen, Xanthopoulos was married twice and had four children. The actor, who starred in a total of forty-eight films throughout his career, which spanned from 1958 to 1971, became a star of Greek melodrama. Other actresses that played alongside Xanthopoulos as his love interests in various films included Angela Zilia, Afroditi Grigoriadou, Kakia Analyti, Katerina Vasilakou, Mairoula Evangelou, Dora Sitzani, and Kaiti Papanika.

Nicos Xanthopoulos dies at the age of 89 (philenews.com)

He was the personification of poverty, pain, and injustice but also of strength, patience, and honesty. He was, and will always remain, the beloved people's ...

This was Nikos Xanthopoulos, who “passed away” at the age of 89, having lived a full life that gave him a sense of completeness. That is why they loved him and took him to their hearts and kept his image alive, establishing him as one of the most popular film heroes of all time. He was, and will always remain, the beloved “people’s child” who expressed through his film roles and songs the suffering of millions of people who saw him as one of them.

Actor and singer Nikos Xanthopoulos dies - Hellenic News of America (Hellenic News of America)

Xanthopoulos was one of the best ever Greek actors and he was very popular mostly in the 60s and played in many films.

Actor and singer Nikos Xanthopoulos died on Sunday at the age of 89. The opinions expressed by our authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hellenic News of America and its representatives. The copyrights for these articles are owned by the Hellenic News of America.