Karel Heřmánek (17 October 1947 – 24 August 2024) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of

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in 1984's '' S čerty nejsou žerty'' (''Give the Devil His Due''). Heřmánek died on 24 August 2024, at the age of 76, when he committed suicide by gunshot at the shooting range in

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. During the previous spring, he had been suffering from

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, which causes episodes of paralysis and excruciating pain, and has depression as a complication.

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