The actor and director Peter Rašev has died

Following a long illness, the actor and director Peter Rašev died on June 12, 2008 in the Teaching Hospital of Louis Pasteur in Košice at the age of 56. He was a notable persona of Slovak theater art.
In 2002, he was awarded “CENA PRIMÁTORA mesta Košice (The Mayor of Košice Award)” for his work in theater, radio, television, and film culture, and his contribution to the promotion of civic involvement. The well-known actor was involved with the project behind Košice’s candidacy to win the European Culture Capital title 2013 from its start, and he became the Project Board member in March 2007.

Peter Rašev was born to a large family on August 6, 1952 in Prešov. He had seven brothers and a twin sister. He was the only one to pursue a career in art. When he finished a general secondary school, he started out as an entrant in the operetta ensemble of Divadlo Jonáša Záborského in Prešov. He graduated summa cum laude from Vysoká škola múzických umení in Bratislava as a talented student. In 1978, along with is wife Ľuba, he joined Štátne divadlo in Košice where he remained active all his life, apart from a few shorter breaks.
He played many singular theater parts of world theater importance: Hamlet, Don Juan, Cyrano, etc. His musical and motion skills granted him parts in many musicals. His beautiful, unforgettable velvety voice sounded often in radio plays, dubbing, and television documentaries. In the recent years, he also created several theater plays that were staged by Staromestské divadlo of Košice. He loved acting and theater, as well as his art-focused family- wife Ľuba Blaškovičová, and daughters Kristína and Katarína.

When he was diagnosed with an insidious illness, he focused on his directing work in dubbing, and received professional recognition. People of Košice knew the renowned and well-liked artist also as a tribune of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, as well as a member of parliament at the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic.
A memorial service for Peter Rašev will be held at 14:30 on June 17, 2008 at the Štátne divadlo in Košice.