 Popa's widow was obligated to live in a tiny apartment on the outskirts of Bucharest; she died in 1986, in her mid-90s.One of the couple's sons, Grigore Gr., himself became a doctor, while the other, Tudorel, was an actor.As youngsters, Tudorel Popa and his sister Marilena were both involved with their father in aiding the anticommunist underground.