Karl Kalkun

Karl Kustav Kalkun April 9 1927 Tartu February 21 1990 Tallinn was an Estonian actor Karl Kalkun was born in Tartu as one of three children to Karl Kalkun Sr a stage manager of the Vanemuine theatre and Emma Helene Kalkun née Engelbär He was the nephew of discus and hammer thrower Gustav Kalkun In 1946 he graduated from secondary school at Tartu Secondary School No 1 now the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium In 1956 he graduated from Tartu State Universitys department of law From 1951 until 1958 he worked at Vanemuine theatre From 1958 until 1965 he worked at the Estonian Drama Theatre From 1965 until 1978 he was employed at the at Estonian Youth Theatre From 1978 until 1990 he worked at the Estonia Theatre Besides theatre roles he played also in several films Kalkun first married Estelle Piirand The couple had one son Andres They later divorced His second marriage was to Mare Kiisküla with whom he had two sons sports journalist Kristjan Kalkun and lawyer Kaarel Kalkun The couple were still married at the time of his death On 21 February 1990 Kalkun was at the Eesti Televisioon ETV studios in Tallinn during the filming of an interview and career and life retrospective with journalist and actress Anne Tuuling when he died of a heart attack aged sixtytwo