Czech actor František Peterka left an indelible mark on the hearts of the audience with his charisma. However, few people know that at the end of his life he wished for his own death, writes the portal Among his most famous film roles is the comedy series Zítra to roztočíme, dear…! and What’s at home counts, gentlemen…, where he played Ivy Janžurová’s husband.
He starred alongside Karol Augusta and Helena Růžičková in the film Next time we will be smarter, old ear!. Peterka also starred in the TV series Arabela, where he created the character of the Czech Fantomas. His character Krakonoš in the animated series was prominent Krkonoše fairy tales.
The well-known actor lived to be 94 years old, but he literally suffered the last years of his life. His ordeal began with a car accident that occurred before his 80th birthday. Peterka was hit by a car, as a result of which he had to undergo more than forty operations on his lower limbs and was unable to move.
The dark thoughts he confided in the 13th Chamber show came. “I wished, I prayed, that I would die. I didn’t want to talk to anyone because everything had lost its meaning. I told myself that I would never walk again, I would never be able to exercise… The drugs that kept me half-conscious were the best I could have expected from life,” he said honestly.
“However, I had a lot of time to think about everything, evaluate what I did wrong in my life, take stock. In the end, I found the motivation to live again, I started exercising again and strengthening with a barbell. I have no grudge against the driver who hit me,” he confided on the TV show.When he got himself together, he overcame a heart attack that forced him to start over.
As if he had not suffered enough, more blows came. First you are he broke his hip joint and was confined to a wheelchair. He was subsequently diagnosed with tongue cancer. He spent the last three years in a hospital for long-term patients. “I would prefer to die, I am no longer at home, but in a hospice. I could no longer cope at home, but I do not suffer from loneliness here, my son and grandson visit me regularly,” he told the Czech actor he breathed his last in 2016.
