Famous Armenian actor Guzh Manukyan dies 

ArmInfo.  People's Artist of Armenia, theater and film actor Guzh Manukyan has passed away at the age of 89. This was reported by the Union of Theater Workers of  Armenia.

<We are deeply saddened to announce that People's Artist of the  Republic of Armenia Guzh Manukyan has passed away. We express our  deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of G. Manukyan>, -  the statement of the Union of Theater Workers of Armenia reads.

Guzh Manukyan was born on May 6, 1937 in Leninakan (now Gyumri) to  the family of Soviet playwright Alexander Armenovich Araksmanyan and  actress Valentina Melkonovna Araksmanyan. In 1958, he graduated from  the acting department of the Yerevan Art and Theater Institute. From  1958-1959. In 1959- 1967 he served at the Kapan Drama Theater, from  1959 to 1967 - at the Yerevan Theater of Young Spectators, and since  1967 - leading actor of the Yerevan Drama Theater named after G.  Ghaplanyan.  Manukyan's awards include the title of People's Artist  of the Armenian SSR (1980), the State Prize of the Armenian SSR for  theatrical works (1981), the Medal "Movses Khorenatsi" (1998), the  Honorary Badge of the National Assembly of Armenia (2012), the Gold  Medal of the Ministry of Culture (2007), the theater prize "Artvazd"  (2012).