Which director died in May. Paul Walker, Heath Ledger, Cory Monteith, Vladislav Galkin - actors who died young

There are quite a few of them in our country. Among them there are those who did not remain shadows in the USSR, but year after year they become the favorites of more and more generations. Because films with their participation still inspire, make you sad, laugh and sympathize. They collect money from television screens all over the country, as well as serious funds from advertising during the screening of these highly rated films. Why not pay at least a small percentage to attract an audience to aging actors and directors is not clear. After all, their contribution to culture is invaluable.

Georgy Vitsin

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Charming Balzaminov, Coward from the legendary trio, Pan Tsypa, Khmyr and many, many other favorite characters - all this National artist USSR Georgy Vitsin. The heyday of his fame occurred during the Soviet Union, and in the 90s he, together with great trinity, toured a lot.

Vitsin played in the theater until the end, and gave his rich apartment to his beloved daughter. He moved to a Khrushchev-era apartment building, where he began to avoid public life and even communication with neighbors.

In the small circle of his acquaintances, they recall that Georgy Mikhailovich was distinguished by his special kindness. He fed birds, picked up and looked after yard dogs, although he himself lived on a modest pension and fees for rare performances. He did not accept help from fans, citing the fact that people give him their last. He pointedly did not even take the money sent to the hospital.

He died after a long illness in his ninth decade. Behind the modest pensioner's coffin were only the widow and daughter and several neighbors.

film "Balzaminov's Marriage"

film "It can't be!"

movie " Caucasian captive»

film "She Loves You"

film "Balzaminov's Marriage"

Semyon Farada

Beloved character actor Semyon Farada dropped out of theater and film life several years before his death. His health did not allow him to work at full capacity.

Semyon Farada was treated in ten hospitals. In one of them he underwent surgery - an artificial valve was installed in his heart. He handled it well, even boasting that he could play football. But after some time, the actor received news of the death of Grigory Gorin.

The sad news caused a severe shock, which triggered a stroke. The actor's speech was impaired and it became difficult to walk. A little more than a year has passed, and Semyon Lvovich again ends up in the operating room - this time the star actor broke his femoral neck. Three operations only worsened the condition of cardio-vascular system Farads. He is diagnosed with a second stroke.

All these years, the actor, unable to act in film, lived in real poverty. No money was allocated for expensive treatment; the actor’s family spent all this time getting out on their own. Largely due to a lack of funds for expensive medications, the famous artist died of heart failure at the age of 76.

film "Duenna"

film "Garage"

film "That Munchausen"

film "Sorcerers"

film "Formula of Love"

Sergey Filippov

Brilliant Kisa Vorobyaninov, king of the episode, real star Soviet cinema Sergei Filippov ended his life in bitter loneliness and lack of money.

The actor hated his fame, because he was often recognized, identified with stupid and clumsy characters, bothered on the street, could be stopped without a twinge of conscience, was approached with hugs, and considered “one of their own” people. Angry at the shameless people's love, Filippov became a real recluse.

In 1965, the actor was diagnosed with brain cancer. He died hard and alone. Sergei Nikolaevich’s friends wrote in their memoirs that Filippov was literally starving, but his son, who for some reason did not care about his father with a terrible illness, insists that his father was happy and was collecting bronze figurines, mahogany furniture and antiques.

Meanwhile, the fact remains: the body of the famous actor lay in an empty apartment for two weeks. The public’s favorite did not save money for the funeral; Lenkom refused to bury him at his own expense. Alexander Demyanenko, having learned about the trouble that is called “with a hat around the world,” found a few pennies, which were enough to see off the hero of the main Soviet films on his last journey. My son didn't make it to the funeral.

film "The Twelve Chairs"

film "It Can't Be"

film “Ivan Vasilyevich changes profession”

film "The Twelve Chairs"

film "Carnival Night"

Tamara Nosova

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The kindest plump girl from “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors” quickly transformed into the intelligent and ironic Donna Rosa from “Hello, I’m your aunt!” Tamara Nosova’s talent remains unforgettable even today, but at the end of her life the actress seemed to be forgotten.

She hid her origins all her life because she was embarrassed to admit that her own father abandoned her with her brothers in an orphanage after her mother’s death. Tamara Makarovna was raised by a foster family, to whom the actress was very devoted. Native father appeared only when Toma became famous. I recognized her at the cinema and offered to communicate, but they did not become friends: Tamara was against it.

Until old age she will cling to her adoptive mother, and after her death she will withdraw into herself and begin to lead a reclusive life. Nosova did not have any children; she entered old age with a meager pension, which was not even enough for rent. Towards the end of her life she was forced to eat in canteens for the homeless.

film "Balzaminov's Marriage"

film "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors"

film "Dead Souls"

film "Chernomorochka"

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The lives of famous people always attract public attention, and their deaths even more so. Even great people, despite universal love, were vulnerable and unhappy; some idols could not come to terms with reality. Decades pass, and their fans continue to try to explain the circumstances of the death of their idols

1. The King of Pop died at 50 from a drug overdose

There is no such person on the planet who would not listen to the songs of Michael Jackson. The legend and king of pop music passed away at the age of 50, and this was a great tragedy for all his fans. The famous singer who made history died of an overdose medicines on the morning of June 25, 2009.

That day, the musician's doctor, Conrad Murray, gave Michael Jackson an injection of propofol and walked away. About 2 hours later, Murray returned and saw his patient lying on the bed with wide with open eyes and mouth. The doctor tried to resuscitate the singer, but the attempts were unsuccessful. At 12:21 local Pacific time, a call to 911 was recorded. Paramedics arrived 3 minutes and 17 seconds later to find Jackson no longer breathing with his heart stopped and immediately began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Attempts to bring Jackson back to life continued along the way and for an hour after arriving at Medical Center University of California at 1:14 p.m. These attempts were unsuccessful. Death was pronounced at 14:26 local time. Rumors of his death became public in the very first minutes. News of Michael Jackson's death broke all network records.

Jackson's funeral took place on Thursday, September 3, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in suburban Los Angeles.

The court found the doctor who treated Michael Jackson guilty of his death. In November 2011, Conrad Murray was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. He also lost his license to practice medicine.

Jackson is one of the few musicians who had the honor of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice (as part of the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist). His achievements include a number of Guinness World Records, the title of "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time", 15 Grammy Awards, 14 US hits and sales of 800 million records.

During his lifetime, people, at the instigation of Elizabeth Taylor, unofficially called Michael Jackson the “King of Pop,” but this title took root so strongly with Jackson that the musical society officially recognized him as such.

Jackson's 1982 album Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, and four of his solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995). Jackson popularized difficult dance techniques such as the robot and moonwalk.

Michael was also awarded "For Outstanding Contributions to world culture" for contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to the 39 charities he supported and his own Heal the World foundation.

In total, the legendary singer was awarded 395 awards.

2. 20-year-old Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova died 6 days before her 21st birthday

The girl died under unclear circumstances on June 28, 2008, her death became the subject of worldwide discussion and attention. Ruslana fell from the window of her Manhattan apartment from a height of the ninth floor.

The police then regarded it as suicide, but no suicide note was found. In addition, all her relatives and friends unanimously stated that Ruslana had no reason to commit suicide, hinting that it could have been murder.

Later it turned out that the girl actually committed suicide, and this is connected with the Rose of the World organization, which conducts “personal development training” in Moscow. Participants are asked to talk about the most terrible events that have happened to them in their lives.

Ruslana went to training at Rosa for almost a year. A few months after the final sessions, she completely broke down. Then she returned to New York to look for work. A few months before her death, she wrote: “I am completely lost, will I ever find myself?”

Korshunova attended training sessions with her friend, Ukrainian model Anastasia Drozdova, who also committed suicide under similar circumstances in 2009.

Experts say that organizations like Rose of the World “act like drugs on people: they first provide peak experiences, and then their supporters always come back to experience them again. Serious problems begin when people leave there. Training has already become their life - and they return to emptiness. Sensitive ones break down.”

Ruslana was buried on July 7, 2008 at the Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow. According to the mother, “my daughter loved this city very much and would like her beloved Moscow to be her last refuge.”

3. Kurt Cobain shot himself in his country house. Before committing suicide, the rocker wrote a suicide note

The leader of the cult group Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, is considered one of the idols of rock music. At the age of 27, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a gun.

His body was discovered in his Seattle home on April 8, 1994, the fourth day after his death. The police report stated that the musician was found lying on the floor, shot in the head, with a gun on his chest.

Kurt left a suicide note, written with a pen with red ink, in which he complained that he had not enjoyed listening to and writing music for a long time and admitted to a feeling of guilt in front of his loved ones and fans, which he could not cope with.

“I speak in the language of an experienced simpleton who would rather be castrated by an infantile whiner. This note should be easy to understand. All the warnings of punk rock courses over the years, since my introduction to the so-called ethics that require independent acceptance of your community, have proven to be true.

I haven't felt the excitement of listening to and creating music and reading books for a long time now. These words make me feel guilty. For example, when we're standing backstage and the lights come on and the crowd is booming, it doesn't evoke the same emotion in me as it did in Freddie Mercury. He takes great pleasure in the adoration of the crowd, it makes me admire and envy. Actually, I can't deceive you. It just wouldn't be fair to you or me. The worst crime, in my opinion, is fooling people by pretending to have maximum fun. Sometimes I feel like I have to break the clock when I go on stage.

I did everything in my power to figure out my problem (but, God knows, this is not enough). I appreciate that our group's work touched the feelings of many people. I must be one of those “narcissists” who can only appreciate things when they are no longer there. I'm too sensitive. I need to freeze my feelings a little to regain the enthusiasm I had as a child. During our last three tours, I began to appreciate my friends and fans of the band much more. But I can’t help but feel that I only cause disappointment, awkwardness and sympathy in these people. There's good in all of us, and I think I just love people too much. So much so that it is precisely because of this that this damn sadness overcomes me. Sad, small, sensitive, valueless Pisces man (Kurt’s zodiac sign - Ed.). My God! Why doesn't this suit you? I don't know! I have a goddess wife who is full of ambition and compassion, and a daughter who is so much like me - the way I was. Loving and cheerful, greeting every person she sees because everything is good and does not harm her. And it terrifies me to such an extent that I can hardly contain myself.

I can't stand the thought of Francis becoming the same miserable, self-destructive rocker that I have become. I'm doing well, very well, and I'm grateful, but from the age of seven I began to hate all people. Only because it seems so easy for them to live and feel compassion. Compassion! Only because I love and pity people too much do I get something in return. I thank you all from the depths of my burning, writhing stomach for your letters and support in recent years. I'm too weird, a gloomy child! I no longer have passion and therefore remember - it is better to burn out than to dissolve...

Frances and Courtney, I will be at your altar. Please move on, Courtney, for Frances' sake, for her life's sake, which will be much happier without me. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU."

A memorial service for Cobain took place on April 10 in the park. cultural center Seattle Center. Courtney Love read excerpts from her husband's suicide note. The widow also spoke with grieving fans and gave them some of her late husband’s clothes. A private funeral service for the family and friends of the deceased took place on the same day at the Church of the Unity of Truth.

Cobain's body was cremated. Courtney Love, a practicing Buddhist, took some of the ashes to the monastery at the Namgyal Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York, where they were blessed and added to clay to make ritual memorial figurines, and kept some for herself. In 1999, Frances Bean scattered her father's ashes over McLain Creek in Olympia, where Cobain lived and worked periodically in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

4. Natalie Wood died at the age of 43 under mysterious circumstances

During her lifetime, Natalie Wood was often called the "Queen of Hollywood" or the "Queen of Scandal" due to her successful career and eccentric personality. Conversations about her beauty, personal life and the reasons for her mysterious death are still ongoing.

The actress's personal life has always been full of scandals. In 1957, Natalie Wood married actor Robert Wagner, with whom they constantly quarreled and reconciled, divorced and remarried. Their first divorce took place in 1961.

In 1972, Natalie Wood returned to ex-husband Robert Wagner, with whom they re-signed in 1974, and in the same year they had a child together, a daughter named Courtney. This marriage was the last in Wood's life. Her life with her husband never improved in their second marriage. The scandals continued due to a constant feeling of jealousy towards Robert. It was after one of these quarrels that the couple went for a ride on the yacht “Shine” on the fateful evening of November 29, 1981. In addition to Wood, her husband Robert Wagner, actor Christopher Walken and yacht captain Dennis Davern were on the yacht.

On the 30th anniversary of the actress's death, the investigation was resumed following a statement from the yacht captain, but in January 2012, Los Angeles police reported that they had not found any evidence of murder or new evidence. But in official documents, the wording of Wood's cause of death was changed from "accident" to "undetermined."

During her career, she starred in more than 50 films and worked with the most handsome men Hollywood - James Dean, Warren Beatty, Steve McQueen, Robert Redford and many others.

Her career continued successfully throughout the 1960s, but as the new decade began, Wood began acting much less, devoting herself to her family. In addition, her type of beauty was beginning to go out of fashion, and articles constantly appeared in the press about the actress’s drunken antics, scandals and treatment for alcohol addiction. The actress played one of her last major roles in the television film “From Here to Forever” in 1979, for which she was awarded a Golden Globe Award.

5. Heath Ledger, a famous Australian and later Hollywood actor, died of a drug overdose at the age of 28

The beloved actor was found dead and naked on the floor of his apartment by a masseuse on January 22. The servants at first thought that he was sleeping, but, unable to wake him up, she panicked and called 911. By the time the medical team arrived, Ledger had been dead for several hours.

To establish the exact cause of death, it was necessary to conduct an additional toxicological examination, as a result of which Ledger's official cause of death was announced - acute intoxication caused by the combined effect of painkillers, including narcotic analgesics, sleeping pills and tranquilizers.

Ledger's body was sent to Australia. On 9 February 2008, he was cremated and buried at his birthplace in Perth, Karrakatta Cemetery. About five hundred people came to say goodbye to Heath Ledger, including the actor’s ex-wife Michelle Williams, with whom he has a daughter, Matilda Rose, who is now nine years old.

Hit was a successful and promising actor who worked a lot, practically exhausted himself, and this led to the fact that the young actor was forced to take a bunch of different drugs, because of which he eventually died.

Heath Ledger was born on April 4, 1979 in Australia. In the 1990s he moved to the United States and, starting in 1998, starred in nineteen films: “The Patriot,” “Monster’s Ball,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “The Brothers Grimm” and others.

Despite young age, he won many prestigious awards for his acting roles, including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the film “The Dark Knight.”

6. The famous Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning at 27 years old

An English singer performing soul-pop with jazz influences, recognized by critics as one of the leading British performers of the 2000s. She died aged 27 at her home in Camden from alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011 at 3:54 pm.

For a long time after her death, the exact reason why Amy died was not revealed. Among the preliminary versions, a drug overdose was considered, but the police did not find any drugs in Winehouse’s house, and a version of suicide was also considered, which was also not confirmed. In addition, it was known that she suffered from emphysema, which could also have caused the girl’s death.

However, in September 2011, Amy's father said that the true cause of his daughter's death was a heart attack caused by alcohol intoxication. Three empty vodka bottles were found in the singer’s room, and the level of alcohol in her blood exceeded the maximum permissible concentration five times. The results of a re-investigation in January 2013 confirmed this version.

The farewell to the singer took place in the Golders Green Synagogue, the oldest of the synagogues (1922) in the area of ​​the same name in north London. On July 26, 2011, Amy Winehouse was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, where her grandmother Cynthia Winehouse was cremated in 2006.

She was buried in Edgewarebury Lane Jewish Cemetery next to her grandmother, who was also a jazz singer.

Amy Winehouse is the winner of numerous awards, including a Grammy, Brit Awards and Ivor Navello. In 2009, she was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having won the most Grammy Awards by a British female artist.

7. Successful model Haley Marie Kohl jumped out of her apartment window, she was 26 years old.

Canadian fashion model Haley Marie Kohl began her career as a fashion model in the early 2000s and was a famous model international level. For 7 years, until 2008, she worked in Canada, USA, Greece, Italy, Germany and England.

On October 11, 2008, Hayley was found dead in Italy. She died after falling from a seventh floor balcony in an apartment in Milan. The police concluded that Haley was not thrown, the model committed suicide. She spent just over a year in Italy working under a modeling contract through her main agency, Panache Management in Winnipeg. Hayley was 26 years old.

8. Famous designer Alexander McQueen unexpectedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his dressing room

The king of design and "catwalk genius", Alexander McQueen, committed suicide at the age of 40. It is known that he hanged himself in the dressing room of his apartment in London... His body was discovered by a maid. Nearby lay a suicide note: “Forgive me. Take care of my dogs. I love you".

Until this day, McQueen had never talked about suicide, and his last posts on Twitter were quite optimistic, and the whole world was in anticipation of a new show of genius.

However, it is unlikely that it will be possible to understand the reason that motivated Alexander. One cannot call a fashion designer “ordinary”. His friends say that on the three floors of the genius’s house there was not a single ordinary thing. Everything is different, everything is twisted: hangers in the shape of deer antlers, glass tables resembling giant soap bubbles, floor vases in the shape of Egyptian mummies, crocodile sofas...

The police put forward a version - deep depression against the background of the death of the mother. Joyce McQueen died a week earlier, and Alexander himself, when asked “What is your main fear?”, once answered: “to die before your mother.”

Alexander McQueen was the youngest of 6 children of the McQueen family. He left school at 16 and, after working as a dresser in Italy, went to Saint Martins in London. After graduating, he worked for Japanese designer Koji Tatsuno and then replaced John Galliano as creative director of Givenchy. In 1994, he founded his own brand.

9. Death of the lead singer of the group " Ivanushki International"raised many questions from his relatives and colleagues. The singer jumped from the sixth floor balcony of the Cosmos studio

The life of the lead singer of the group “Ivanushki International” Igor Sorin ended suddenly, at the peak of his popularity. He was 28 years old when he jumped from the sixth floor balcony of Cosmos Studios. Almost immediately Igor was taken to the hospital. His cervical vertebrae were broken; in addition, doctors stated complete paralysis of the lower body and partial paralysis of the arms.

Igor was successfully operated on, but his heart gave out. The artist died.

According to the official version, it was suicide. In the last year of his life, Igor kept a video diary. In it, he admitted that he was pretty tired of fame, fans and songs with “plywood”. And many knew his character. Even as a child, he jumped from the second floor when another boy was approved for a role in a movie.

But neither my family nor my friends believe in suicide. The singer’s common-law wife Alexander Chernikov is sure that he was hiding something: “He was hiding something and hiding it specifically. I felt it."

Andrei Grigoriev-Apollonov thinks that Igor was killed: “Igor got involved with some suspicious company and became a victim of a conflict that escalated into a fight. They broke Igor’s neck and, in order to hide the crime, they framed it all as a suicide.”

Igor began singing in a popular group in 1995 and performed for three years.

10. Murat Nasyrov jumped from the balcony in front of his children

Singer and composer Murat Nasyrov, like Sorin, jumped out of the window. He was 37 years old when this happened.

According to his relatives, that day from the very morning he did not behave quite adequately. “He constantly walked quickly around the apartment, called someone on the phone, then stood up, then sat down, and went to the window. Subsequently, he continued to behave restlessly.”

And at about ten in the evening, according to his mother-in-law, he woke up the children, changed into a concert costume and constantly rushed to the balcony. His household didn't let him in. Then he jumped out onto the stairwell and called the neighbors with whom they were friends.

He began shouting to his neighbors that he had a vision of God and the recently deceased guitarist of the group A"Studio.

Then, according to eyewitnesses, “the singer went out onto the balcony of his apartment, hung a camera around his neck, picked up his portrait and jumped from the fifth floor. This happened at 22:30.”

Investigators call the singer’s suicide a “banal suicide,” but relatives say that Murat was a very vulnerable person and was very worried about any failure.

Nasyrov gained enormous popularity after performing the hit song “The Boy Wants to Go to Tambov.”

In recent years, the singer has often claimed to have suffered a midlife crisis and released an album of ethnic Uyghur music, Kaldim yalguz (Uyghur album)

11. Actress Elena Mayorova set herself on fire, and when she realized what she had done, it was too late

Popular actress Elena Mayorova (“Makarov”, “Lost in Siberia”, “ Forgotten melody for flute") was 39 years old when she set her dress on fire while on the staircase in her entrance.

Realizing what she had done, she ran to the service entrance of the Mossovet Theater, which was located in the courtyard of her house, and lost consciousness. With 85 percent burns, Mayorova was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute, where she soon died.

The investigation immediately put forward a version - “Suicide against the backdrop of deep depression.” But 14 years later, the actress’s friend Tatyana Dogileva accused her husband, artist Sergei Sherstyuk, of the death.

“The husband did not allow Lena to undergo treatment for infertility, and she could not have the children she dreamed of,” said Tatyana.

At the same time, Mayorova supported and provided for the family herself; she had to solve all the problems alone, while she forgot about herself and her parents.

“Sherstyuk looked next to her as an infantile, unrecognized genius, who forced his wife to literally work hard like a draft horse so that she could financially support his creative research,” said Dogileva.

Elena Mayorova played in the Sovremennik and Moscow Art Theater theaters.

12. Legendary singer Whitney Houston drowned in a hotel room bathtub. The tragedy occurred on the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony, which was dedicated to her

Whitney Houston is a singer who can be called one of the greatest performers in the world music industry. The total circulation of her albums has exceeded 170 million copies. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the total number of her awards and titles is the largest among all performers on our planet. Many of her compositions have long received cult status and were recognized as one of the most striking musical works in the history of our planet.

This legendary singer died on February 11, 2012 in a room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Whitney's body was discovered in the bathroom by her aunt Mary Jones. They tried to bring the singer back to life using cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but to no avail. The death was registered at 15:55 US time. The police immediately ruled out the possibility of a violent death. Houston died on the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards, which were dedicated to her.

On March 23, 2012, the results of a police investigation were made public, which showed that the causes of the singer’s death were drowning, atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use. According to police, an examination showed that the singer was a chronic cocaine addict. Other drugs found in her blood included marijuana, a muscle relaxant and an anti-allergy drug.

The farewell ceremony took place in Newark on February 18, at the New Hope Baptist Church, where Whitney began singing at age 11. The number of invitees was limited to one and a half thousand people.

At the end of the ceremony, the chrome coffin with the body of the late singer was carried out to the sound of her most famous song, “I Will Always Love You.” The ceremony, which lasted about four hours instead of the planned two, was broadcast on the Internet. By order of the state governor, all national flags in New Jersey were lowered on this day - this last honor is usually awarded only to deceased statesmen.

On February 19, 2012, Whitney Houston was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, located a few kilometers from Newark. Houston's coffin was buried next to the grave of her father, John Russell Houston. The performer repeatedly expressed this desire during her lifetime.

13. Bruce Lee died from a rare allergy to aspirin

The great master of martial arts, American and Hong Kong film actor, as well as film director, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong while working on his next film, “Game of Death.” He took a headache tablet containing aspirin and meprobamate and washed down the medication with alcohol, which led to swelling of the brain.

On May 10, 1973, at the Golden Harvest studio, Bruce felt unwell, lost consciousness and began to choke, and his body began to convulse.

Three minutes later he woke up. After the incident, the actor underwent a full examination by the best doctors in America, but nothing was found, and the seizures were attributed to increased intracranial pressure.

On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee visited actress Betty Bruce. While working on the script, Bruce complained of a very bad headache. Betty gave him an aspirin tablet. Then they sat for another hour, Lee drank several cocktails, his head began to hurt more. He lay down to rest, then fell asleep and never woke up. An autopsy says Lee died of cerebral swelling caused by a rare allergy to aspirin.

More than twenty-five thousand people came to see Bruce off on his final journey. The removal of the HK$40,000 coffin into the street caused chaos.

300 police surrounded the chapel, joined hands and formed a human ring to hold back the advancing crowd. Reinforcements were called in to save women and children from death as they were pressed against the barriers by the crowd. People cried, lost consciousness, many ended up in hospitals in a state of shock and with injuries.

Bruce Lee began acting in films since childhood, with a total of 36 films to his credit. He popularized Eastern martial arts in Western countries in the second half of the 20th century. He became widely known in the field of martial arts and inspired many imitators in film and television. He is the first Chinese who revealed the secrets of kung fu to Europeans, the elders believed this type martial art sacred people and people of other races were not supposed to know him. The secrets of kung fu have been protected for centuries, and some types of fighting combinations were generally available only to teachers and their mentors. Bruce was responsible for bringing kung fu to the attention of the whole world, and besides, he mixed it with boxing. About 30 films have been made around the world about the life and work of Bruce Lee.

In 1978, Lee's last film, Game of Death, was released. In fact, Bruce only appeared in 28 minutes of this film. Everything else was filmed without his participation, using a similar actor.

14. Fashion model Lucy Gordon hanged herself in her apartment, two days shy of turning 29.

The English model and actress, born May 22, 1980, took her own life on May 20, 2009, two days before her 29th birthday. The body of Lucy Gordon was discovered in the actress's Paris apartment. Early in the morning, Gordon's common-law husband Jerome Almers woke up and found the girl hanged. Falling into panic, the young man began to call for help. However, it was no longer possible to help Lucy. The official reason given by Lucy's relatives was the recent death of her close friend.

Lucy began her modeling career at the age of 15. For some time, Lucy was the face of the cosmetics brand CoverGirl. She then signed a contract with another modeling agency and appeared on the cover of Italian Glamor and Elle.

The actress made her film debut in 2001 with a small supporting role in the drama “Fragrance.” In total, her list includes about 15 films and TV series. Lucy Gordon gained fame by playing in Cedric Klapisch's film "Russian Dolls", in the Russian box office the film was called "Pretty Women".

At the Cannes Film Festival, on the eve of her death, fragments of a new film with her participation, “Gainsbourg. The love of a bully." In the film directed by Joanne Sfar, which tells the story of the legendary French singer and poet Serge Gainsbourg, Lucy Gordon played the role of his muse, Jane Birkin.

He is still considered the best guitarist in the history of rock music. He was a man of mystery, a virtuoso and the leader of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

During Jimi's lifetime, incredible things happened at his concerts - like playing the electric guitar with his tongue. Hendrix discovered an endless source of possibilities for new sounds in the guitar. Of course, like most rock musicians of that time, he led a completely unhealthy lifestyle, taking drugs and drinking alcohol.

Jimi would have achieved great heights in creativity if not for the tragic fate of the artist. On September 18, 1970, the guitarist died. He was found already dead in a room at the Samarkand Hotel in London. Doctors determined that Hendrix choked on vomit after taking 9 sleeping pills. Despite this, the circumstances of the musician’s death have not yet been established.

It is strange that he was not alone in the hotel room, but with his friend Monica Daneman, who did not call ambulance until the very last moment. She told the police that she was afraid to call someone because there were drugs everywhere in the hotel room.

Jimi's fans are sure that their idol was killed, but the police did not find out even many years later.

Sometimes death takes our idols so early, and it seems that the star of their glory has faded before it has fully risen into the sky. The heroes of our today's selection did not even manage to live to be 30 years old - they left our world very young.

Please note that this material is dedicated to foreign stars. On the website Find out.rf there is a separate article dedicated to Russian celebrities who died early.

Jimi Hendrix

The fame story of Jimi Hendrix, Time's most accomplished guitarist, began in September 1966. He, a young musician from God, was discovered in the USA and brought to England by former Animals bassist Chas Chandler, who became the producer of the new project The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

His bright Star rose up instantly: the inexperienced British public was shocked by his colorful outfits and playing technique. He could play the guitar with his elbows, pluck the strings with his teeth, or hold the guitar behind his back. During a concert on March 31, 1967, he set fire to his instrument for the first time. Although that day he ended up in the hospital with burns to his hands, later this number became one of his “tricks”.

Three years of popularity drove a simple black boy from Seattle crazy: he started drinking alcohol in inhuman quantities and became addicted to LSD, heroin and medications. On the night of September 18, 1970, he took ten sleeping pills and died in his sleep, choking on vomit.

Janis Joplin

A native of conservative Texas, Janis Joplin, who was destined to become the greatest rock singer in history, felt like an “alien among the stupid” since childhood. In an attempt to escape the mental stuffiness of her native Port Arthur, she went on a journey to roadside clubs, where she honed her vocal skills until she entered the University of Texas at Austin.

A fateful meeting was with members of the group Big Brother and the Holding Company, who offered her a position as a vocalist. For rock culture, which until then had been dominated by men, her appearance became a phenomenon. The aggressive, powerful voice full of wild eroticism of Janis Joplin hypnotized thousands of listeners, who bought up tickets at lightning speed. She has been called the "voice of a generation" and the "angel of the cultural revolution."

Like many of her colleagues in the “27 Club” (which includes all the musicians who seriously influenced rock culture and died at exactly 27 years old), Janis Joplin used hard drugs, which destroyed her. On October 4, 1970, in the midst of work on a new album, being, according to friends, full of vitality and optimism, she died after mistakenly injecting too much concentrated heroin.

Jim Morrison

The short life of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison became a symbol of rebellious spirit and freedom, and he himself received the status of a legend during his lifetime. His surreal, dark poetry in the genre of free verse (free verse, a transitional link between poetry and prose) discarded previously existing canons and laughed at them.

Glorifying nihilism and death, the philosophy of self-destruction, he himself lived in full accordance with it. On July 3, 1971, his lifeless body was found in the bathroom of a Paris hotel. The official cause of death was heart failure caused by a heroin overdose. The 27-year-old musician was buried at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Kurt Cobain

Contrary to popular belief, Nirvana was not a pioneer of the grunge genre. Before them, there were Soundgarden and Melvins, Malfunkshun and Skin Yard, and dozens of bands with similar “dirty” sounds, depressive lyrics and theatrical nihilism.

But it was Nirvana, with the inimitably hoarse vocals of Kurt Cobain, that blew up the music world in 1991 with the release of their second album Nevermind, which fell into what is called the fashionable current. “Preachers of Generation X” - this is how music critics spoke of Nirvana. They had 400 thousand copies of Nevermind alone sold every week, the respect of the "whales" of the rock scene and the status of a deity in the eyes of young people.

It all ended on April 8, 1994, when 27-year-old Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home with a bullet hole through his head. The musician suffered from bipolar disorder, which was aggravated by heroin addiction, which led him into a state of deep depression.

Amy Winehouse

“In our boring times, legendary figures are no longer born,” complain some listeners, apparently suffering from nostalgia for the 60s. But Amy Winehouse's influence on musical culture easily refutes these words.

After the release of her debut album Frank, the 20-year-old singer was dubbed "the new Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Holiday rolled into one." Her voice, with a range of 4 octaves (plus one more note), helped her break the record for Grammy wins for a solo female artist. Both of her albums went platinum multiple times and topped the world charts.

On July 23, 2011, the singer joined Club 27. She died of a heart attack caused by alcohol intoxication. The media claimed that the level of alcohol in the girl’s blood exceeded the lethal dose by 5 times. It later became known that on the night before her death, Amy Winehouse purchased an impressive amount of heroin and crack from a dealer - perhaps they hammered the final nail into her coffin.

Brandon Lee

The son of the legendary Bruce Lee from an early age promised, if not to surpass his father, then at least not to disgrace his name. By the age of five, the boy who studied kung fu could calmly walk on his hands and could reach the head of an adult in a jump.

When the boy was 8 years old, his father died mysteriously after taking a headache pill. It is unknown what internal demons Brandon had to overcome after this, but not a trace remained of the sociable and friendly boy. His comrades at the acting school remembered him as a closed, aggressive and gloomy young man who was never the first to make contact.

The first films with his participation were not successful. He diligently demonstrated his kung fu skills in action films, but the audience did not want to perceive him as independent, and not as “the son of a famous parent.” Because of this, Lee Jr. developed depression, which the success of his new film “Operation Laser” helped him overcome. Since 1990, his acting career and personal life have taken off: he starred with Dolph Lundgren in Showdown in Little Tokyo, played a key role in the action film White Fire and met his future bride Eliza Hutton.

The gothic film "The Raven", imbued with the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bretribution, should have finally secured his status as a rising Hollywood star. On March 31, 1993, during the filming of a gun scene, a plug was ejected from the barrel of a gun pointed at Brandon along with a bullet. It hit the actor in the stomach, crushing the spine and internal organs. For several hours, Brandon bled to death on the operating table. Having managed to say goodbye to his bride (the wedding was supposed to take place in 17 days), he died at the age of 29, joining the ranks of actors who died on the set.

Buddy Holly

Without fear of accusations of excessive pathos, Buddy Holly can be called a key figure in the rock and roll scene. The musical prodigy mastered the guitar, violin and piano by the age of 10, began composing his own songs at 12, and at 19 he opened for Elvis Presley.

In 1956, he won the love of listeners as part of the group “Buddy Holly & The Tunes” (aka “The Crickets”) after the release of the young singer’s first hit, “That’ll Be the Day.” Being a hater of the policy of racial segregation, he performed in areas where no “white” performer would go. During his life, Buddy Holly wrote about 120 songs that inspired iconic musicians of the following decades: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan.

Buddy Holly was destined to enjoy success for only two years. A supporter of a healthy lifestyle, he did not die from alcohol or drugs. On February 3, 1959, he was involved in a plane crash. The plane was caught in a storm and crashed 13 kilometers from the landing strip. 22-year-old Buddy crashed along with musicians Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper flying with him. Since then, this date in America has been known as “The Day the Music Died.”

River Phoenix

In the early 90s, the name of River Phoenix was no less popular than the name of Bruce Lee's son. Having entered the cinema at the age of 10, little actor He played a dozen minor roles, and then loudly announced himself in the drama “Stand By Me” (1986).

This was followed by filming in Indiana Jones (he played the young hero Harrison Ford), a delightful tandem with young Keanu Reeves in the drama My Own Private Idaho, leading roles in the melodramas Stupid Bet and That Thing Called Love.

Undoubtedly, he was talented, but unfortunately he became too closely acquainted with drugs. On October 31, 1993, while working on the film “Dark Blood,” he died in front of the Viper Room nightclub. During the autopsy, a shock mixture of cocaine, heroin, ephedrine and diazepam was found in the actor’s blood.

Heath Ledger

The world learned about Heath Ledger after the premiere of the heartbreaking blue drama Brokeback Mountain: the kissing scene with Jake Gyllenhaal was recognized as the best according to MTV. The film itself won three Oscars and four Golden Globes, not counting a string of film awards of a lower rank.

In 2007, Ledger starred in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, knocking Jack Nicholson off his "best cinema Joker" pedestal and winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Alas, posthumously.

In 2008, in the midst of working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger died of a drug overdose. He was not a drug addict - by coincidence, he mixed powerful painkillers Vicodin and Codeine, sedatives Valium and Xanax, and sleeping pills Restoril and Unisom. All were discharged by doctors.

"Imaginarium" became last role 28-year-old actor. In the final version, his role was "split" between three actors: Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law; each played one of Ledger's character's alter egos.

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur found himself in that time and place - at a moment when the gangsta rap scene was ready to make contact with the multimillion-dollar mainstream industry. Having started recording his first compositions in 1987, he achieved success and recognition by 1990 as part of the group Digital Underground, after their track Same Song was featured in the film “A Lot of Trouble.”

The first solo album “2Pacalypse” was not long in coming, recognized by critics as a “certified hip-hop classic.” It was this record that later inspired the work of a white boy who became famous under the pseudonym Eminem. After two more albums, the disc “All Eyez On Me” was released, which received five-times platinum status. In total, approximately 75 million of his albums were sold, which ensured the rapper's status as one of the best-selling musicians in history.

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, together with his producer Knight Suga, was returning from the club in a BMW car. As they stopped at an intersection, a mysterious white Cadillac drove up to them. Its passengers, who remained unknown, opened fire on the BMW. One of the bullets ricocheted and hit the rapper's lung.

They managed to take Tupac to the hospital, but they could not save him: a week later he died without regaining consciousness. According to his will, his body was cremated, and Tupac's friends mixed his ashes with marijuana and smoked it. Three months before his death he turned 25 years old.

Anton Yelchin

Hollywood actor Anton Yelchin, a native of Leningrad, who emigrated with his parents to the United States at an unconscious age, has always aroused sympathy among Russian viewers.

His path to fame was thorny: he unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of the main character in the "Potter" series, which eventually went to the lucky Daniel Radcliffe, went through the "copper pipes" of a dozen supporting roles in popular TV series, until he finally got main role in the melodrama “Guardian Angel”. Then, in 2005, he made his mark in the crime drama Alpha Dog.

He gained worldwide fame with the role of navigator Chekhov from the Star Trek franchise, relaunched in 2009. After the premiere, he became one of the most sought-after young actors.

Shortly before the release of the third part of Star Trek, an accident occurred with the actor. When getting out of the car, he forgot to put the handbrake on. The car started moving and pinned the owner between the trunk and the fence. It was late, and no one heard his cries for help. Such talent and such a ridiculous death!

It is unbearably sad when people pass away very young. This is often caused not only by accidents, but also by bad habits: drugs, alcohol and even cigarettes. Tobacco is a real threat to the body, as you can see by looking at a selection of domestic celebrities who were ruined by addiction to nicotine.
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The fate of these Hollywood stars tragic and instructive. Fortune favored them with fame and popularity; they were real idols for millions of viewers. However, they were unable to use nature’s generous gift wisely – they were unable to use their talent.

Brittany Murphy

She woke up famous after the premiere of the film Clueless in 1995, in which she played the main role. Then 18-year-old Brittany became not only the idol of millions, but also one of the most attractive actresses in Hollywood. Then she had bright roles in such films as “Girl, Interrupted”, “Newlyweds”, “City Girls”, “Love and Other Disasters” and others. Almost everywhere she played an easy-going and kind girl who finds herself in complicated situations, but always finds a way out of them. It seemed that in real life Murphy is the same. And it was especially sad to realize that she was no longer there. Her death came as a great surprise to everyone. The actress was only 32 years old at that time...

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Heath Ledger

He was considered one of the most talented Hollywood actors, with an unusual and creative approach to roles. His on-screen images were never alike. Heath Ledger once commented on this issue: “I feel like I’m wasting my time if I repeat myself.”

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The star actor was born on April 4, 1979 in Perth (Western Australia) in the family of a teacher. French and mining engineer. We can say that he was lucky with his parents, who, having noticed Heath’s acting talent, did not interfere with their son’s creative endeavors. Already at the age of 10, Ledger played the role of Peter Pan at Gildorf Gymnasium. The career of the future Hollywood star developed rapidly and successfully. He starred in television series, and began to be invited to big films. However, the moment came when his homeland - huge Australia - seemed to Heath too narrow for creative self-expression. He was ambitious and persistent, like all aspiring actors, and that’s why he strived to get into Hollywood. It is here, according to Ledger, that all the secret dreams of fame and popularity come true. Indeed, Hollywood became a real launching pad for the young actor. Famous directors recognized remarkable abilities in the persistent guy. And he lived up to their hopes. Two films are considered to be the pinnacle of Heath Ledger's work: Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight. The last picture brought Heath, to the deep sadness of his many fans, posthumous fame. He received an Oscar for his brilliant role as the Joker. Heath Ledger passed away at the age of 28 without saying his last creative word. According to the official version put forward by the police, he died from an overdose of sleeping pills.

Anton Yelchin

Once he even auditioned for the role of Harry Potter, but this time luck turned against him. But the talent of the young actor was recognized with the original award “The Most Sensitive Actor in the World” for his participation in the popular TV series “Dr. By the way, Anton played his very first role at the age of nine: he was invited to shoot the independent film “Man Is Mostly Made of Water.”

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It should be noted that he had extraordinary efficiency. This quality probably came in handy for him to conquer Hollywood, where they love to help young, motivated and talented actors. Anton eventually began acting with famous directors. Participation in the blockbusters “Star Trek” and “Terminator: May the Savior Come” brought Yelchin fame and popularity. The actor's creative career was interrupted at its peak. Anton died from an absurd accident: he simply forgot to put the handbrake on his car, which ran over him. This happened on June 19, 2016. He was only 27 years old.

Brad Renfro

Fame came to him at the age of 11. Having brilliantly played the role of a boy pursued by the mafia in the film “The Client,” Brad becomes famous throughout America. His partners in the film were recognized Hollywood stars Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Before young actor an excellent prospect opened up to stand on a par with them in the future. But, apparently, early popularity played a cruel joke on Brad Renfro.

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As, unfortunately, often happens in a bohemian environment, he became interested in using illegal drugs and was even once detained by the police for their possession. One of the most significant and striking roles of the actor is considered to be the image of a teenager in the film “Apt Student”. His hero strikes up a friendly relationship with a fugitive Nazi officer, the relationship between them is quite strange. The picture caused different opinions among viewers. However, it is worth noting that for the role of Todd Bowden on International Film Festival in Tokyo, Brad Renforo received an honorary prize. And soon there was a certain decline in the actor’s work. In all likelihood, this was due to the fact that Brad was overcome by a bad passion for illegal drugs, which knocked him out of his usual rut in life. Both friends and relatives warned Renforo that everything would not end well. But he did not heed the advice: on January 15, 2008, he was found dead in own home In Los Angeles. The cause of the actor’s death was an overdose of illegal drugs. He was 25 years old.

Amy Winehouse

She rushed like a meteor across the starry sky, leaving a noticeable mark on the world stage. Amy recorded her first song at the age of 14, and a year later she was already singing in a jazz group. She was incredibly talented and at the same time had a heavy and complex character. Teachers at school and friends suffered from it; she could commit actions that did not fit into the framework of generally accepted morality.

Amy was born on September 14, 1983 in the family of a pharmacist and a jazz singer who worked as a taxi driver. Since childhood, Amy dreamed only of music, dreamed of becoming a great singer. She succeeded completely. She remains the only British performer to win five Grammy Awards. The singer’s unique achievement was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Amy's star life was full of scandals. She was brought to court more than once for insults and fights. The singer flared up at the slightest provocation - and being in her company was unbearable even for close people. In addition, together with her musician husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Amy became interested in using illegal drugs. It seemed that she was testing her fate to the limit. But no one has ever succeeded: the star singer will die from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. This will happen on July 23, 2011 in London. She will remain in the memory of millions of fans as a bright, talented singer who went down in the history of modern music.

Cancer - terrible disease, which is very difficult to fight. He is not stopped by either the social or financial situation of his victim. Money can delay, but not reverse, cancer. Celebrities who have died from this deadly disease.

Zhanna Friske, 40 years old

On June 15, 2015, singer Zhanna Friske died at the age of 41. In 2014, doctors diagnosed her with a brain tumor. In January 2014, family and friends reported that the tumor was inoperable. The artist was treated first in the USA, then underwent rehabilitation in the Baltic states and continued her treatment in China. In recent months, the singer lived in a country house near Moscow.

Steve Jobs, 56 years old

The ideas of this genius were always ahead of their time. He drove the entire global mobile community crazy and finally gave the world the iPhone 4S. After a 3-year battle with the disease, Steve died due to pancreatic cancer in 2011.

Marcello Mastroianni, 72 years old

In recent years, the actor has been seriously ill. He had pancreatic cancer. Being seriously ill, Mastroianni continued to play. He, being a lover of life, worked until the very end. Before going on stage in the evening, he underwent chemotherapy in the morning.

Linda Bellingham, 66

In 2014, actress and TV presenter Linda Bellingham died at the age of 66. Linda battled colon cancer, which subsequently spread to her lungs and liver. The disease was diagnosed in July 2013. At the beginning of 2014, the actress announced that she no longer intended to continue treatment and refused chemotherapy. She explained her decision by saying that she wanted to live the remaining time calmly, without exhausting herself with difficult procedures.

Edith Piaf, 47 years old

In 1961, at the age of 46, Edith Piaf learned that she was terminally ill with liver cancer. Despite her illness, she overcame herself and performed. Her last performance on stage took place on March 18, 1963. The audience gave her a five-minute standing ovation. On October 10, 1963, Edith Piaf died.

Joe Cocker, 70

On December 22, 2014, in Colorado, at the age of 70, the outstanding blues singer Joe Cocker, who became one of the stars of the legendary Woodstock festival, died of lung cancer.

Linda McCartney, 56 years old

In December 1995, Paul McCartney's wife underwent surgery to remove a malignant breast tumor. The cancer seemed to have receded. But not for long. In 1998, it turned out that metastases even affected the liver. On April 17, 1998, she became very ill. Heartbroken, Paul and his children did not leave his dying wife a single step, but the illness turned out to be stronger than his feelings. She did not live until the “pearl wedding” - the 30th anniversary of her marriage - a little less than eleven months, leaving her husband with four talented children.

John Walker, 67

John Joseph Mouse was born on November 12, 1943 and was known in the music industry as John Walker, founder of the band The Walker Brothers. Along with two other team members, Scott and Harry Walker, he rose to fame in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. On May 7, 2011, John Walker died of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles.

Jon Lord, 71

On July 16, 2012, Jon Lord, keyboardist for the legendary rock band Deep Purple, died of pancreatic cancer.

Patrick Wayne Swayze, 57

In 1991, Patrick Wayne Swayze was named the "sexiest" man alive. Patrick single-handedly fought pancreatic cancer, making everyone believe he was almost a winner with his positive attitude. However, on September 14, 2009, he passed away.

Luciano Pavarotti, 71 years old

The famous trio, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras shocked the entire world of classical music and opera. Unfortunately, on September 6, 2007, the trio lost Pavarotti, who died of pancreatic cancer.

Jacqueline Kennedy, 64 years old

In January 1994, Kennedy Onassis was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer. The family and doctors were initially optimistic. But by April the cancer had metastasized. Until her death, she did not show at all that anything was wrong. She died on May 19, 1994.

Dennis Hopper, 74

On May 29, 2010, prostate cancer claimed the life of Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper. He is known for the films Rebel Without a Cause and Giant.

Walt Disney, 65 years old

His animated films will stand the test of time. Perhaps he has lived too long short life and died on December 15, 1966 from lung cancer, but his ideas continue to live, and the characters have long crossed the boundaries of the screens and were embodied in theme parks and attractions around the world.

Jean Gabin, 72 years old

The cause of death of the famous French theater and film actor was leukemia.

Juliet Mazina, 73 years old

Giulietta Masina, the faithful companion of the brilliant Federico Fellini, a great actress herself, created on the screen the standard image of a sad clown, a fragile but determined woman with a crystal clear soul and an open heart. Towards the end of her life, Mazina, a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer. She didn’t tell anyone about her illness, not even her husband, she refused chemotherapy, and was treated at home, in fits and starts, in secret. Continuing to take care of her husband until his last days. She died on March 23, 1994, having outlived Federico Fellini by only five months.

Charles Monroe Schultz, 77

The creator of entertaining little comic book characters: Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Woodstock, Charles Monroe Schulz entertained generations of children in weekly newspapers. The legendary artist's comics have been translated into 21 languages ​​and published in 75 countries. He died on February 12, 2000 while undergoing treatment for cancer.

Yves Saint Laurent, 71 years old

In April 2007 famous designer Doctors diagnosed brain cancer. Yves Saint Laurent died on June 1, 2008 at the age of 71 in Paris, where he came for treatment. According to newspaper publications, two days before his death, Saint Laurent entered into a same-sex marriage with Pierre Berger.

Bob Marley, 36 years old

In July 1977, Marley was diagnosed with malignant melanoma on his big toe (which appeared there as a result of a football injury). He refused amputation, citing fear of losing the opportunity to dance. In 1980, a planned American tour was canceled when the singer lost consciousness at one of the first concerts: the cancer had progressed. Despite intensive treatment, Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981 in a Miami hospital.

Wayne McLaren, 51

Legendary ad man Marlboro, a stuntman, model and rodeo rider, became an outspoken anti-smoking advocate once he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He struggled long and hard with his illness, but it turned out to be stronger.

Ray Charles, 73

The iconic American composer and performer, one of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, Ray Charles died in 2004 at the age of 73. The cause of his death was a long and serious illness, apparently liver cancer, which began to manifest itself back in 2002. According to the recollections of relatives, in recent months Ray could no longer walk and almost did not speak, but every day he came to his own RPM studio and did his job.

Gerard Philip, 37 years old

The French theater and film actor starred in 28 films. In May 1959, Gerard suddenly felt sharp pains in his stomach. X-ray showed an inflammatory process in the liver. Philip underwent surgery. But the disease was incurable - liver cancer. Only his wife, Ann, knew about this, and she did not reveal herself to the end. Gerard Philip died on November 25, 1959, at the age of thirty-seven.

Audrey Hepburn, 63 years old

In mid-October 1992, Audrey Hepburn was diagnosed with a tumor in her colon. On November 1, 1992, surgery was performed to remove the tumor. The diagnosis after surgery was encouraging; the doctors believed that the operation was done on time. However, three weeks later the actress was hospitalized again with acute abdominal pain. Tests showed that tumor cells had again invaded the colon and adjacent tissues. This indicated that the actress had only a few months left to live. She died on January 20, 1993.

Anna German, 46 years old

In the early 80s, Anna German was diagnosed with cancer - a bone tumor. Knowing this, she went on her last tour - to Australia. When she returned, she went to the hospital, where she underwent three operations. Two months before her death, Anna wrote: “I am happy. I was baptized. I accepted my grandmother’s faith.” She died in August 1982.

Hugo Chavez, 58 years old

On March 5, 2013, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from complications of cancer. In 2011, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in the pelvic region - metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. The cause of Hugo Chavez's death was complications caused by a course of chemotherapy.

Evgeniy Zharikov, 70 years old

The famous Soviet and Russian actor Yevgeny Zharikov, the star of such immortal films as “Ivan’s Childhood”, “Three Plus Two”, “Born of the Revolution”, was seriously ill in the last years of his life. In 2012, he died in the Botkin hospital. Zharikov was sick with cancer.

Anatoly Ravikovich, 75 years old

The actor who played the spineless Khobotov in Pokrovsky Gates did not resemble this character in any way in life. He was a knight, sharp with his words, a real St. Petersburg intellectual. Anatoly Ravikovich has changed a lot in the last year: he lost weight, his vitality was being sucked out of him by illness - oncology.

Bogdan Stupka, 70 years old

The cause of Bohdan Stupka’s death was a heart attack due to advanced stage of bone cancer.
“He didn’t like to complain, so few people knew about it,” said the actor’s son Ostap Stupka. “The disease progressed quickly.

Svyatoslav Belza, 72 years old

On June 3, 2014, music and literary critic and TV presenter Svyatoslav Belza died in Munich after a short stay in a German clinic. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Lyubov Orlova, 72 years old

One day, while returning home from dubbing her latest film, “The Starling and the Lyre,” Orlova began vomiting. Doctors at the Kuntsevo hospital, where the famous patient was taken, decided that she had stones in her gallbladder, and set the day for the operation. However, Orlova did not have any stones. Immediately after the operation, the surgeon called her husband Grigory Alexandrov and said that Lyubov Petrovna had pancreatic cancer. The diagnosis was hidden from her. She knew nothing and felt much better. One day she even asked to bring a ballet barre to the ward, where she was used to starting every day. Alexandrov brought a machine, and his dying wife did gymnastics for an hour and a half a day. She moaned in pain, but continued. She died in the Kremlin hospital.

Oleg Yankovsky, 65 years old

In 2008, Oleg Yankovsky began to have health problems. The actor turned for help to a Moscow clinic, where he complained of feeling unwell. The examination initially showed coronary heart disease and after a course of treatment, Oleg Ivanovich was allowed to go home. But the pain returned and on the eve of 2009 the actor was hospitalized. He was given a terrible diagnosis: late stage pancreatic cancer.
Oleg Yankovsky went for treatment to an expensive German clinic, which was famous for its experience in the therapeutic treatment of cancer. But the doctors could not do anything. As a result, the actor interrupted the course of treatment and returned to his homeland. On May 20, 2009, Oleg Yankovsky passed away.

Lyubov Polishchuk, 57 years old

In March 2006, the actress finished filming “My wonderful nanny" - his last role. Lyubov Grigorievna, who was literally bedridden due to a spinal injury, was diagnosed with cancer - sarcoma. The actress experienced unbearable pain. Her condition was so severe that the clinic doctors who examined the patient had to prescribe narcotic analgesics. On November 25, 2006, relatives were unable to wake up the actress; she fell into a coma and was taken to the hospital. She died on November 28, 2006.

Klara Rumyanova, 74 years old

Absolutely everyone who grew up watching good Soviet cartoons knows her. The voice of Klara Rumyanova is spoken by Cheburashka, the Hare from “Well, Just Wait!”, the Kid who was friends with Carlson, Little Raccoon, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - it’s impossible to list all the cartoons she voiced. In 2004, Rumyanova was recognized as the main “animated voice” of all times. A small concert tour of Russia was planned for the actress’s 75th birthday, but all plans were canceled out by illness - doctors discovered breast cancer.

Boris Khimichev, 81 years old

Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, People's Artist of Russia Boris Khimichev died on September 14, 2014, in Moscow at the age of 82. The cause of death was inoperable brain cancer. He was diagnosed with this in June 2014. He “burned out” from this disease in two months.

Valentina Tolkunova, 63 years old

Tolkunova fought against cancer for several years. In 2009, she had a brain tumor removed; she had previously had a mastectomy and several courses of chemotherapy. However, in 2010 the disease began to progress sharply. The singer was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer with metastases in the brain, liver and lungs. Journalists reported that Valentina Vasilievna refused the course of chemotherapy and did not even transfer to the oncology center. She died on March 22, 2010.

Nadezhda Rumyantseva, 77 years old

In recent years, the actress has suffered from a serious cancer - brain cancer. She lost a lot of weight, had a crazy headache, and began to faint. And then, at the very end, I couldn’t even walk on my own; I could only move in a wheelchair. Nadezhda Vasilievna Rumyantseva died on an April evening in 2008, she was 77 years old.

Georg Ots, 55 years old

At a flourishing age, Ots fell ill with brain cancer. Ots fought for life as much as he could: he underwent eight severe operations and an eye amputation, but continued to work almost until the end of his life. Six months before his death, before another operation, he began to sing right in the hospital room. I could not refuse the women who recognized the great singer in this man, tormented by illness. Ots died on September 5, 1975.

Valery Zolotukhin, 71 years old

Valery Zolotukhin died in 2013 from brain cancer. IN last days Throughout his life, the actor was in a stable and serious condition. In order for the body to cope with a serious illness, doctors were forced from time to time to put the artist into a medical coma. However, on the eve of his death, Zolotukhin’s condition especially worsened - his organs began to fail one after another. In the end, the actor's heart stopped. The doctors were powerless against the brain cancer that was literally “consuming” the artist.

Oleg Zhukov, 28 years old

A member of the group Disco Accident in the summer of 2001, while on tour, began to complain of headaches. In August 2001, Oleg was diagnosed with a brain tumor. On September 3, he underwent surgery. Zhukov continued to perform with the group “Disco Accident”, but in November he stopped touring due to a sharp deterioration in his health. He died of a brain tumor on February 9, 2002 at the age of 29.

Ivan Dykhovichny, 61 years old

Dykhovichny knew about the terrible diagnosis - lymph cancer and in recent months he had been preparing his closest relatives for his death.
“When I was diagnosed with lymph cancer and told I had three or four years to live, I thought that, given my age, that was quite a long time. And I also thought that the worst thing was to start feeling sorry for myself,” Dykhovichny said in an interview a year before his departure.

Maya Kristalinskaya, 53 years old

The singer had lymphogranulomatosis - cancer of the lymph nodes. Maya got sick when she was 28 years old. She was treated best doctors. From time to time she underwent chemotherapy and radiation. The disease was contained. In 1984, her illness worsened, and she only managed to live for another year.

Elena Obraztsova, 75 years old

The greatest singer of our time, Elena Obraztsova, died in January 2015 in a clinic in Germany. Immediately after the death of the prima, no one could accurately name the diagnosis and causes of Elena Vasilievna’s death. Only a few hours later, information was made public that the cause of Obraztsova’s death was a serious illness - blood cancer. The immediate cause of death was cardiac arrest, which could not withstand grueling treatment.

Nikolay Grinko, 68 years old

By the age of 60, Nikolai Grigorievich already had more than a hundred roles. He was given the title of People's Actor. Grinko began to get sick. A strange malaise put him to bed for several days and then released him. Doctors could not make a diagnosis. Later the cause was determined – leukemia, blood cancer. Died April 10, 1989.

Alexander Abdulov, 54 years old

Alexander Abdulov died on January 3, 2008 from lung cancer. The disease was discovered very late, and after the diagnosis was made, the actor lived only a little over four months.

Mikhail Kozakov, 76 years old

The famous Russian actor and director Mikhail Kozakov suffered from lung cancer. In the winter of 2010, Israeli doctors found Mikhail Mikhailovich had lung cancer in the final stages. Modern medicine cannot cure this disease in this form, but patients undergo radiation and chemotherapy to prolong life. Died on April 22, 2011.

Anna Samokhina, 47 years old

In November 2009, Anna began to have severe stomach pain. At first, she did not pay attention to this, planning to relax in hot India. But at some point the pain became unbearable, and the actress turned to a gastroenterologist. Having performed an endoscopy on her, the doctor was horrified. And he made a terrible diagnosis: stage IV stomach cancer. Russian and foreign doctors could no longer help at this stage of the disease. The prescribed chemotherapy also did not help. The actress died on February 8, 2010.

Oleg Efremov, 72 years old

One of the greatest Russian actors and theater directors, a popular favorite. Heavy smoker. I tried to quit smoking several times, but I was never able to overcome my bad habit. In the last months of his life, Efremov had difficulty moving and sat at rehearsals, connected to a device that ventilated his lungs. And in his hand was the constant cigarette. Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov died of lung cancer.

Anatoly Solonitsyn, 47 years old

Tarkovsky's favorite actor. We remember him from the films “Andrei Rublev”, “Solaris”, “Mirror”, “Stalker”. Died of lung cancer. The operation didn't help.

Rolan Bykov, 68 years old

In 1996 he underwent surgery for lung cancer, and a couple of years later the disease returned. He felt that he had not done everything in life that he could have done. Before his death, he told his wife Elena Sanaeva: “I’m not afraid to die... You won’t have time to grieve. You will have to finish what I didn’t finish.”

Ilya Oleynikov, 65 years old

In July 2012, Oleinikov was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the actor underwent chemotherapy. At the end of October, he was hospitalized from the set with a diagnosis of pneumonia. After some time, he was put into a state of artificial sleep so that the body could cope with septic shock acquired after chemotherapy, and was connected to a ventilator. The situation was complicated by serious heart problems, as well as the fact that the actor smoked a lot.
Without regaining consciousness, he died on November 11, 2012 at the age of 66.