Renowned Armenian actor, director, screenwriter, People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia, and Honorable Citizen of Yerevan Yervand Manaryan has passed away. We learn about this from the Facebook post of his granddaughter, Lilit Manaryan.

Yervand Manaryan was born in Arak, Iran, on August 10, 1924. In 1946, he repatriated to Armenia.

Aside from acting, he has shot a number of documentary and feature films, has written screenplays for numerous movies, and has published stories and articles in the press.