Kostas Tsakonas

Kostas Tsakonas graduated from Diplarion School with a degree in Electrical Engineering and studied at the Drama School of the Peoples Experimental Theater of Leonidas Trivizas and the Veaki drama school His first appearance in cinema was completely by chance in a short film by Kostas Zyrinis He then played many leading roles in cinema theater and television His role in the film Teach My Child Letters was a characteristic one The actor was seriously injured in 2004 when a tree fell on his head and in combination with various health problems that plagued him he was no longer able to work in the theater His health problems and difficult financial situation led him to consider going on a hunger strike as a sign of protest at Easter 2011 Kostas Tsakonas breathed his last on the afternoon of Wednesday November 4 2015 five years after a serious stroke that left him very unstable while he was battling cancer Wikipedia