French-armenian singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour has died at 94 after a career lasting more than 80 years, a spokesman has confirmed, according to BBC.

The performer, born to Armenian immigrants, sold more than 180 million records and featured in over 60 films. He was best known for his 1974 hit She and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. Aznavour married three times and had six children. He was named entertainer of the century by CNN in 1998.

The singer was born in Paris in 1924 to Armenian parents who fled the country's genocide to begin a new life in the French capital. Aznavour's lyrics drew on his own experiences of growing up in deprivation as an immigrant. He recorded more than 1,200 songs in seven different languages and performed in 94 countries. Aznavour sung for presidents, popes and royal families and at a number of humanitarian events. He was heavily involved in charity work and founded an organisation after the 1988 Armenian earthquake with friend Levon Sayan. In 2009 he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland and he also became Armenia's delegate to the United Nations in Geneva.

The celebration of the 27^th anniversary of Armenia’s independence took place at Budapest's 7th region, at KA11 Cultural Center on 28 of September, which was organized by Armenian Youth Association .

The event was attended by Director of the Association Nikoghos Akopian, deputy of the Hungarian parliament Bajkai Istvan, founder of the Armenian national autonomy in Hungary Alex Avanesian and others.

After the words of greetings and gratitude, renowned Armenian pianist Gayane Jaghatspanyan and opera singer Nelson Sahakyan performed Komitas, Aram Khachatryan, Rakhmaninov and other works. In the second half of the event, the guests got acquainted with the history of Armenian carpets and the Armenian families in Hungary, who were font of carpet making. Afterwards, guests tasted Armenian traditional dishes, enjoying Armenian cognac and wine.

The daughter and granddaughter of legendary British comic actor, filmmaker and composer Charlie Chaplin, who rose to fame in the era of silent film, will visit Armenia this October for the world premiere of their joint silent play in capital Yerevan.

Their play titled Bells and Spells will be performed at Yerevan’s Hakob Paronyan State Musical Comedy Theatre on 3 and 4 October.  

They have received the invitation to visit Armenia from Chairman of Armenia’s Union of Theater Workers Hakob Ghazanchyan. 

“Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and Aurélia Thierrée Chaplin were set to arrive in Armenia in March, but after talks they were decided to visit the country in October and hold the world premiere of their new performance in Yerevan,” Ghazanchyan told Panorama.am. 

The play is staged by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and performed by Aurélia Thierrée Chaplin and Jaime Martinez.

Italy’s Spoleto festival hosted the world premiere of the performance on 9 and 15 July of the running year. A surreal spectacle of physical theatre, comedy, magic and dance, Bells and Spells is the tale of a kleptomaniac who falls under the influence of the objects she steals.

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