Raimo Sulo Virtanen (August 24, 1938,

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– February 13, 1965,

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), better known by his stage name, Rami Sarmasto, was a Finnish actor and musician.

Biography

Raimo Sulo Virtanen was born on August 24, 1938, in Sauvo,

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. Sarmasto graduated from the Finnish Theatre Academy in the year of 1958. Sarmasto starred in several roles in productions at the

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in Turku, Finland. Sarmasto had been dating fellow Finnish actress

Tamara Lund Tamara Adele Lund-Ioniță (6 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was a Finnish soprano singer and actress. She was born in Turku and was a graduate of the Sibelius Academy. She performed in the Finnish National Opera from 1967 and at the Staatst ...

and they were expected to marry, however, on February 13, 1965, Sarmasto was killed in a car accident on the Finnish National Road No. 2 in Humppila, Finland, at the age of twenty-six. Lund was present with Sarmasto when he was killed and the accident occurred only weeks prior to the planned wedding. Sarmasto is buried within the Turku Cemetery in Turku.

Filmography

* Nummisuutarit (1957) * Sotapojan heilat (1958) * Nuori mylläri (1958) * Nuoruus vauhdissa (1961) * Papin perhe (1962) * Oi nuoruus (1963)

References

1938 births 1965 deaths Finnish male actors Finnish male musicians Road incident deaths in Finland 20th-century male musicians {{Finland-bio-stub