YEREVAN. – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and First Lady Rita Sargsyan were among those that bid their final farewell to Sos Sargsyan, one of the most prominent individuals of the Armenian art of theater and cinema.  

The farewell ceremony was held Sunday at the Alexander Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater in capital city Yerevan.

The family members, colleagues, and numerous admirers of the art of Sos Sargsyan—who was a USSR and Armenian People’s Artist and a famous theater and cinema actor—attended the event.     

The President of Armenia was also on hand at the renowned intellectual’s funeral, which was held at Yerevan’s Komitas Pantheon.