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harold carter
January 24, 2011 | Va Beach, VA
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Obituary
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A TV station is reporting that the composer of a song that inspired Romanians in their struggle against vestiges of the communist regime has died. He was 46.
A friend, Teodor Maries, told private Pro-Tv he found Cristian Paturca dead in his apartment Tuesday. Paturca was suffering from tuberculosis.
Paturca became one of Romania's most prominent democracy activists when he wrote "Imnul Golanilor" or "The Hooligans' Hymn" in 1990 for anti-government protesters, called "hooligans" by then-President Ion Iliescu. The communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu had collapsed in 1989.
One line from the song, "better dead than a Communist," became part of Romania's post-1989 vocabulary. The word "golan" now means a pro-democracy activist as well as a hooligan.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press
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RIP Cristi! from a "golan".
January 23, 2011
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Dumnezeu sa-l odihneasca in pace pe cel mai iubit dintre Golani, Cristian Paturca.May he rest in Peace. My deepest sympathy to the Paturca Family. It it a terrible Loss for our Country,Romania. Cristi Paturca was a very special and talented "Golan". Thank you Cristi for enlightening our hearts and bringing us together. The spirit of the "Piata Universitatii" anti-communist demonstration and your Legacy will live forever through the new Generations of "Golans", they will carry on your Message....
Alice Damian Bocancea
January 21, 2011 | Anaheim, CA
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May Cristi Paturca Rest in Peace! I can't believe his Life was so short. People like him are so rare and so precious, it is a great Loss for Romania and for those who care about this Country. Cristi will be remembered forever, he will live in the hearts and memories of the generations to come. His powerful message is everlasting. Dumnezeu sa te odihneasca in Imparatia Sa vesnica, Cristi! Iti multumesc ca ai existat si ne-ai facut mandri sa devenim "GOLANI"!"Golania" nu va muri niciodata chiar...
Alice Damian Bocancea
January 21, 2011 | Los Angeles, CA
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May he rest in peace. He was the symbol of the Romania... don't know what to call it.. of Romania's only true challenge of communist dictatorship
Nicole Preston
January 20, 2011 | Hamden,, CT
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TO THE PATURCA FAMILY,I EXPRESS MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY AT THIS VERY DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL TIME,PLEASE FIND COMFORT IN READING DANIEL12;2.A,W.HOUSTON,TX.
January 19, 2011
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To the the family of Cristian Paturca - May God give you peace and comfort through his word and the Lord Jesus Christ during this time of sorrow, I know that Cristian will be missed by many.
R Golay
January 19, 2011 | Nampa, ID
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You will always be in the back of my mind eyes, the way I have seen you singing from the balcony of Bucharest University..What a moment and what a feeling! Our prayers, May God rest your soul in Peace and in a better place. Crina & Toni Perreira
Toni Perreira
January 19, 2011 | Vacaville, CA
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God blesses him in a special way, I am sure. Such a stuggle in life. And to die so young, from something so preventable. He has his blessings in Heaven now.
Non Anon
January 18, 2011 | Naples, FL
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