Jerzy Stuhr died on July 9, 2024. The outstanding actor and director had many excellent roles to his credit, thanks to which he left his mark on the pages of cinematography. The artist also taught subsequent generations of actors. He was a professor of theater arts, and in the years 1990-1996 and 2002-2008 the rector of the Ludwik Solski State Theater School in Krakow. He also lectured at the University of Silesia in Katowice. However, before his death, the media did not write about the director's artistic achievements, but about the collision he caused while under the influence of alcohol. Now his wife returned to this unpleasant situation on Polsat.
Barbara Stuhr mentioned the scandal involving Jerzy Stuhr
Barbara Stuhr On September 8, she was a guest on Polsat's new breakfast show “hello this is Polsat”In conversation with Katarzyna Cichopek and Maciej Kurzajewski She talked about her husband's illness and how the actor behaved after suffering a stroke. She also touched on the topic of mourning after her beloved's loss and did not hide the fact that she missed him. At one point, however, she mentioned the collision in which Jerzy Stuhr. Let us recall that in October 2022, the actor, while driving a car, hit a motorcyclist on one of Krakow's streets. The man Stuhr hit did not suffer serious injuries. The police arrived at the scene, and a test showed that the director had 0.7 per mille of alcohol in his body.. The actor appeared in court. Ultimately he had to pay a fine and lost his driving license.
Barbara Stuhr herself raised the issue of the collision caused by her husband. She pointed out that this unfortunate event caused Jerzy Stuhr decided to write down his memories of the last year of his life.
After some time, there was this unfortunate incident of his meeting with a motorcycle, which was described rather unfortunately. I wouldn't like to go back to it, but it was also the reason for writing this book
– said Barbara Stuhr about the book entitled “With the passage of days. Diary of the past year”. – I and the children persuaded him [do pisania – red.]. It was a kind of therapy. [Zachęcaliśmy go – red.]to try to write, because he has a good pen. He was so reluctant at first, but when he got into it, it was clear that this was his life – the audience heard.
In this book there are his handwritten notes, there you can already see that towards the end he had neurological problems. He denied it. He did not want to go to any specialist. He said he felt great
– she continued.
Barbara Stuhr she addedthat over time her husband began to change. Once the life of the party, towards the end of his life he would lock himself in his study, where he would write and escape from people. – This book is for me a moving document of his struggle. He felt that something was wrong – she said.
Barbara Stuhr on her husband's death
The actor's wife admitted that the actor had not prepared her for his own departure. He did not want to talk about his illness with his family or the media. “There was no topic. You couldn't say publicly that he had a problem with a type of dementia, or that he was very depressed and hid. He never wanted to discuss this topic with us,” she said on the breakfast show.