Sergiu Nicolaescu
Nicolaescu was born on April 13, 1930 in Târgu Jiu, Romania. He studied at Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He was raised in Timișoara, Romania. Nicolaescu died on January 3, 2013 in Bucharest, Romania from cardiac arrest resulting from respiratory failure which was caused by abdomen infection-related surgical complications, aged 82.