Sculptor Ara Shiraz dies

Famous Armenian sculptor Ara Shiraz died last night, according to Nairi Medical Center. 

The sculptor was in the intensive care unit of the medical center in critical condition. He was hospitalized on February 24. Ara Shiraz suffered a stroke. He also had a stroke in the past.

Ara Shiraz was born in 1941 in Yerevan. His father was famous poet Hovhannes Shiraz and mother was poetess Silva Kaputikyan.