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A photo of October 1979 shows Austrian actor Fritz Muliar in his starring role as 'honest soldier Schwejk' in his house in Vienna, Austria. Muliar died at the age of 89 in Vienna, Austria, on 02 May 2009, after he had played in a performance of the comedy 'The innkeeper' at 'Theater in der Josephstadt' theatre on the same evening. He had a kreak-down in his house later that evening and was brought to a hospital where he died in the night, the theatre said. In his career, which lasted nearly 70 years, Muliar participated in some 90 cinema and television films. EPA/ISTVAN BAJZAT .