[custom_adv] pop star Behnam Safavi died on Monday at the age of 36 after a nearly four-year battle with brain cancer. “homeland’s polite boy of music, the creator of the albums ‘Be My Love’, ‘Calm’, ‘Extraordinary’ and ‘The Miracle’ rested in a perfect peace forever in Isfahan a few minutes ago,” his publicist Reza Foadian said in a post published on his Instagram at 10:40 am. [custom_adv] He stayed in the Milad Hospital of the central persian city after he went into a coma in January 2019. Safavi underwent successful surgery in July 2015 at capital’s Erfan Hospital to remove a small tumor from his brain. [custom_adv] In early October of the same year, he announced his plan to perform a concert to raise his spirits sufficiently to allow him to continue chemotherapy treatments.The comedian and actor was best known as part of the "Carol Burnett Show" (1967-1978), on which two of his most memorable characters were The Oldest Man and Mr. Tudball. [custom_adv] He won four Emmy Awards for writing and acting on the show. Earlier he'd appeared in the popular sitcom "McHale's Navy." After the Burnett show ended he hosted his own variety show for a season went on to guest roles on "Coach" and "30 Rock" that earned him two Emmys. [custom_adv] His medical team permitted him to perform the concert sitting in a chair on October 9 at Tehran’s Milad Tower.In June 2017, he announced that he was preparing to have a new operation at a German hospital as the tumor recrudesced. [custom_adv] Safavi’s debut album, “Be My Love”, was released in October 2009 and a song by the same name from the collection soon became a smash hit at that time. [custom_adv] Two years later, he released his second album, “Calm”, which earned him a firm place in the Iranian pop music arena.Safavi was born in 1983 in Shiraz. He spent his childhood in Khuzestan’s Mahshahr port and studied there. After graduating from high school and being admitted to the university in the field of engineering, he came to capital. [custom_adv] Since childhood, Behnam had a special interest in music and walked into the world of music by learning percussion instruments and piano. [custom_adv] During his university education, he released his first album, ‘Be My Love,’ in 2009. Since then, Safavi attracted many fans with domestic and foreign concerts, and enjoyed great popularity.Behnam launched his latest album, ‘Miracle,’ in 2015 and performed concerts in various cities of the country.
