Skënder Sallaku (25 January 1935 – 11 February 2014) was an Albanian comedian and actor, recipient of the

People's Artist of Albania The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose merits were exceptional in the sphere of development of the performing arts (theatre, music, cinema and art). It was c ...

award. He was also a notable national champion of

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

in Greco-Roman wrestling. His filmography includes ''Estrada në ekran'' (1968), ''Cirku në fshat'' (1977), ''Gjuetia e fundit'' (1992) and ''Revolja e humbur'' (1995).Parajsa
/ref> Sallaku died in

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with family at his side in the morning of 11 February 2014.

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* Albanian artists 1935 births 2014 deaths People's Artists of Albania Albanian male sport wrestlers 20th-century Albanian male actors 21st-century Albanian male actors Sportspeople from Tirana {{Albania-actor-stub