All the artists are dead. Stars that no longer exist

Unfortunately, the past year was the last for many celebrities. Many of them left prematurely...

We remember famous personalities who left us in 2017.

Vladimir Shainsky (December 12, 1925 – December 26, 2017)

The remarkable composer died two weeks after he turned 92 years old. The cause of death was cancer.

Shainsky composed many melodies for children's films and cartoons. Among the songs he composed: “Song of the Crocodile Gena”, “Grasshopper”, “When my friends are with me”.

Eugene Cernan (March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017)

On January 16, Eugene Cernan, an American astronaut who today is the last earthling to stand on the surface of the Moon, passed away. This happened on December 14, 1972.

Loalva Braz (June 3, 1953 – January 19, 2017)

On January 19, soloist Loalva Braz died under horrific circumstances. Brazilian group Kaoma, who performed the legendary hit “Lambada”. Criminals broke into the singer’s apartment, first robbed Loalva, and then, putting her in a car, burned her alive.

Georgy Taratorkin (January 11, 1945 – February 4, 2017)

The famous Russian actor passed away on February 4, after a long illness. He played in more than 30 films, but his role as Rodion Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, which he performed at the age of 23, brought him national fame.

Vitaly Churkin (February 21, 1952 – February 20, 2017)

Russia's permanent representative to the UN died a day before his 65th birthday. According to media reports, the cause of death was a heart attack. After the death of the diplomat, the figurative expression “Churkin syndrome” even appeared in medical circles, denoting a situation where an outwardly calm and calm permanent representative experiences constant stress and many years of psycho-emotional stress, which, according to many doctors, led to death.

Alexey Petrenko (March 26, 1938 – February 22, 2017)

The legendary actor passed away a month before his birthday. Alexey Vasilyevich played in more than 80 films and performed many roles in the theater.

Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017)

The brilliant blues singer died at the age of 90 at his home. Doctors were called to the unconscious musician, but they were unable to save the rock and roll legend.

Chuck Berry is considered one of the greatest rock artists. After his death, many famous musicians, including Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Lenny Kravets, publicly expressed their condolences.

David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017)

American billionaire passed away at a very old age - he was 101 years old. According to rumors important role Numerous heart transplant operations played a role in his longevity.

Lembit Ulfsak (4 July 1947 – 22 March 2017)

The Soviet and Estonian actor, the famous “Mr. Hey” from “Goodbye Mary Poppins,” died at the age of 70. Soviet television viewers remembered Lembit Ulfsak mainly for the roles of foreigners: in addition to Mr. Eye, he also played Till Eulenspiegel in the film of the same name, the Varangian Eymund (“Yaroslav the Wise”) and the journalist Schleyer (“TASS is authorized to declare...”)

Evgeny Yevtushenko (July 18, 1931 – April 1, 2017)

On April 1, the “last man of the sixties”, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the author of the poem “A Poet in Russia is More than a Poet,” the poem “Babi Yar” and the song “Do Russians Want War,” passed away. The cause of death was cancer.

Yevtushenko was the most widely read Russian poet of the second half of the 20th century. From his pen came 20 large poems and about 200 poems. Although the poet lived in the USA since 1991, he often visited Russia, where he performed poetry evenings. A week before his death, doctors told Evgeniy Alexandrovich that he had less than three months to live. According to Yevtushenko’s son, in response to this news, the poet closed his eyes, cried for a minute, and then went back to work. Until the last moment, even through an oxygen mask, Yevtushenko dictated chapters of his novel to his household.

Georgy Grechko (May 25, 1931 – April 8, 2017)

Famous cosmonaut, twice a hero Soviet Union, who made space more understandable and relatable for us, died at the age of 86. Georgy Mikhailovich was a very brave and desperate person, in addition to space, he was fond of motorsports, jumped with a parachute, had categories in shooting, gliding and parachuting, and he always said that good boys don’t fly into space.

Oleg Vidov (June 11, 1943 – May 15, 2017)

Oleg Vidov is a wonderful actor, known for his roles as noble handsome men. His character Maurice the Mustang from the movie “The Headless Horseman” made the whole country go crazy. In 1985, Vidov emigrated to the United States, where he starred in the famous film “Wild Orchid” with Mickey Rourke. IN last years the actor was seriously ill and was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. On May 15, the actor died as a result of complications of this disease.

Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017)

On May 18, the American rock musician was found dead in his hotel room. According to the official version of the investigation, 52-year-old Cornell, who was diagnosed with AIDS, committed suicide.

Roger Moore (October 14, 1927 – May 23, 2017)

The British actor, who became famous for his role as James Bond, died of cancer a few months short of his 90th birthday.

Alexey Batalov (November 20, 1928 – June 15, 2017)

On June 15, one of the favorite actors of Soviet cinema, Alexei Batalov, passed away. During his career, he played many very piercing and deep roles, among which there is not a single negative one. For several generations of Soviet and Russian viewers, the actor was the embodiment of courage and nobility.

Oleg Yakovlev (November 18, 1969 – June 29, 2017)

The death of the ex-soloist of the group “Ivanushki International” - Oleg Yakovlev - was a complete surprise. As it turned out, Oleg spent 10 days in intensive care with a diagnosis of double pneumonia and died of cardiac arrest. It later became known that the pneumonia was caused by cirrhosis of the liver.

Oleg was a very delicate person; he did not tell even his closest people about his serious illness, so the musician’s colleagues and friends, upon learning of his death, were in shock.

Ilya Glazunov (June 10, 1930 – July 9, 2017)

On July 9, the painter Ilya Glazunov passed away. For 30 years he was the rector of the Russian Academy of Painting and painted many paintings in the genre of historical painting.

Chester Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017)

The lead singer of the famous punk band Linkin Park died at the age of 42. The cause of death was suicide. The musician hanged himself in his house on July 20, his birthday. best friend Chris Cornell, who two months earlier also committed suicide.

Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 2017)

Jeanne Moreau is one of the most famous actresses in French cinema. According to critic Jeanette Vensaendo, “If Brigitte Bardot was the embodiment of sensuality, and Catherine Deneuve of elegance, then Jeanne Moreau was the ideal of intellectual femininity.” The actress died at the age of 89 in her apartment in Paris.

Vera Glagoleva (January 31, 1956 – August 16, 2017)

On August 16, the whole country was shocked by the news of the death of actress Vera Glagoleva. Vera Vitalievna died in one of the German clinics, having failed to defeat stomach cancer. She was 61 years old.

Despite the lack of acting education, Vera Glagoleva brilliantly, with deep psychologism, embodied her characters on the screen. Usually she got the roles of fragile but purposeful women.

Stella Baranovskaya (July 26, 1987 – September 4, 2017)

The young actress, who was just beginning her career, died at the age of 30 in terrible agony. Stella was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She left behind a small son.

Rada Zmikhnovskaya (? – September 14, 2017)

The ex-soloist of the Band'Eros group, Rada Zmikhnovskaya, died of a stroke in California, where she was visiting a friend. Little is known about Rada’s life; no one even knows what year she was born: according to some sources, she was 38 years old at the time of her death, according to others – 51.

Natalia Yunnikova (February 25, 1980 – September 26, 2017)

On September 26, Natalya Yunnikova, who played the role of Vasilisa in the series “The Return of Mukhtar,” passed away. The actress fell in her house and, having received a head injury, lost consciousness. Four days later she died in intensive care without waking up. Yunnikova left behind an 11-year-old son, whom she raised alone. Now the boy is being raised by his father.

Hugh Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017)

The 91-year-old founder of Playboy magazine died on September 27. He was buried in Westwood Cemetery, next to Marilyn Monroe, a woman he had always admired.

Egor Klinaev (April 10, 1999 – September 27, 2017)

18-year-old actor Yegor Klinaev, known for his role in the popular youth series Fizruk, became the victim of a monstrous coincidence. He got out of his car to help those involved in the accident and was hit by a passing car.

Dmitry Maryanov (December 1, 1969 – October 15, 2017)

On October 15, actor Dmitry Maryanov, who was in the Phoenix rehabilitation center, suddenly became ill. When he was brought to the hospital, it was already too late: doctors pronounced him dead... According to experts, it was caused by a detached blood clot.

Mikhail Zadornov (July 21, 1948 – November 10, 2017)

Everyone's favorite satirist Mikhail Zadornov died after long struggle oncology, before reaching his 70th birthday. A few months before his death, Mikhail Nikolaevich converted to Orthodoxy, although lived before in accordance with the laws of paganism.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky (October 16, 1962 – November 22, 2017)

The famous Russian baritone, applauded by opera houses around the world, died of a brain tumor. Thanks to his incredible voice, the appearance of an epic hero and the courage with which the performer fought the disease, he will forever remain in the hearts of his fans.

Leonid Bronevoy (December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017)

After the release of the film “Seventeen Moments of Spring,” Leonid Bronevoy became a star, but he always remained indifferent to fame and in life he was a modest, absolutely unglamorous person. He shunned fans and never sought to take advantage of his popularity. Leonid Sergeevich died on December 9, 8 days before his 89th birthday. Just before he died, he asked for ice cream.

Who died still young, not even reaching the age of 40. We saw some of them in films and TV series more often, some less often, but all of them were very talented, and if not for death, we would have seen many more films with their participation.

Nikita Mikhailovsky (27 years old). Nikita grew up as a talented boy, from the age of six he worked as a fashion model and fashion model, and was engaged in drawing. Mikhailovsky played his first role at the age of eight in the film “Night on the 14th Parallel.”

After the release of the film “You Never Even Dreamed of...” in 1981, tenth-grader Nikita suddenly fell into incredible fame. Between 1985 and 1990, Mikhailovsky played nine more screen roles.

In 1990, the actor was diagnosed with leukemia, so very soon Nikita went to England for treatment. He needed a bone marrow transplant, and the whole world raised money for the operation.

Some of the funds for the treatment of the famous actor were sent by Boris Yeltsin, Garry Kasparov and even Margaret Thatcher, but the operation was not successful.

Shortly before his treatment, Nikita, together with his wife Ekaterina, organized an exhibition of his own artwork, the proceeds from the sales of which went to the treatment of Russian children with cancer.

Talgat Nigmatulin (35 years old). Soviet film actor, best known for the films "Pirates of the 20th Century", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" and "Wolf Pit".

In the early 1980s, Talgat Nigmatulin joined a sect led by pseudo-scientist Abai Borubaev, a native of the city of Frunze. The sectarians professed a doctrine called the "Fourth Way", former mixture Zen Buddhism and esotericism.

At the beginning of February 1985, a split occurred in the “school” of Mirza and Abai. Abai decided to invite Nigmatulin to his place so that he could “extort” money from the recalcitrant, but Talgat refused to participate in the racketeering, for which he paid with his life.

On the night of February 10-11, 1985, in the center of Vilnius, five “healers” with particular cruelty beat and kicked an actor who did not resist until by noon on February 11, 1985, death occurred from injuries to internal organs incompatible with life.

Yan Puzyrevsky (25 years old). He played his first film role at the age of 10, and by the age of 20 he had taken part in the filming of fifteen films, including “The Mystery.” Snow Queen”, where he played the role of Kai.

Ian's successes at work contrasted with his troubles at work. family life. The actor got married at the age of 18, but the marriage was unsuccessful, and the couple decided to divorce.

On April 3, 1996, Puzyrevsky came to his wife’s apartment to see their one-and-a-half-year-old son Istvan, after which he picked him up and jumped out of the 12th floor window with him. The child remained alive, but Ian himself fell to his death. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

Igor Nefedov (33 years old). He began acting in films as a third-year student. The debut was Nikita Mikhalkov's film "Five Evenings". He played a prominent role in the film "Accident - the Cop's Daughter."

Until 1988, he was popular and starred with famous directors. But then they stopped inviting Igor. The actor started drinking, started skipping rehearsals, and was eventually fired from Tabakerka.

On the morning of December 2, 1993, after another quarrel with his wife, he hanged himself. He was buried at the Kotlyakovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

Alexey Fomkin (26 years old). Alexey starred several times in the popular children's humorous film magazine "Yeralash", where director Pavel Arsenov noticed him and offered him the main role in the feature film "Guest from the Future", which became his finest hour.

Alexey did not want to continue his acting career, he went to serve in the army, after which he nevertheless went to work at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky, but three months later he was fired for systematic absenteeism. He went to work at a construction site as a painter, but soon quit and went to live in the village.

On February 22, 1996, Alexei and his wife were invited by friends to celebrate Soviet Army Day. On the night of February 23-24, 1996, the apartment suddenly caught fire, everyone except Alexei managed to escape. He is buried near Vladimir, at the Ulybyshevo city cemetery.

Sergey Shevkunenko (35 years old). The actor's most famous role is Misha in the film "Dirk". At the age of 17, he went to prison for the first time for a fight. After that he went down the criminal path.

He was killed in his apartment along with his mother. The crime was not solved, but it is associated with the actor’s criminal past.

Sergei Tikhonov (21 years old). Soviet young actor, leading actor in films of the 1960s, among which the most famous roles are the leader of the Redskins and Malchish the Bad Boy.

After filming the film "Dubravka" he tried to enter VGIK, but was not accepted. Served in the Soviet Army. After demobilization, he became a regular at the hippodrome. Sergei, due to his fame and sociability, very quickly became his own person there.

But this did not last long. A conflict arose that cost him his life. Late in the evening of April 21, 1972, not far from the hippodrome, he was pushed under a passing tram. Sergei died before the ambulance arrived.

Dmitry Egorov (32 years old). The son of actress Natalya Kustinskaya, who is best known for the film “Scarecrow”, in which he played Dima Somov. His parents were against him going into the acting profession. The boy obeyed.

At school he was an excellent student, knew English perfectly, graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO and never returned to show business.

On October 20, 2002, Dmitry Egorov went out for a walk and did not return. The mother received a call from the police and was told that he had died. The death certificate says it was from “heart failure,” but, according to some sources, Egorov’s temple was pierced.

Mikhail Epifantsev (30 years old). He made his film debut at the age of seven in the film “We Are Together, Mom,” then, at the age of 9, in the legendary television series “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” he played the role of a boy - an accidental witness to a store robbery.

Without entering the theater school, he got a job as an optics salesman in a store. His personal life did not work out: his wife left with their child, who had cerebral palsy. Epifantsev later learned that his son lived in an orphanage. The father took the boy, but could not cope with the onset of depression and began to drink. In 1998, his heart stopped.

Irina Metlitskaya (35 years old). Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, remembered for her role as the class teacher in the film “Doll”, as well as theatrical works.

The actress died of leukemia on June 5, 1997. Buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Maria Zubareva (31 years old). She worked at the Moscow Theater named after. Pushkin. She became widely known after her work in the film "Face" and leading role in the first Russian series "Little things in life".

However, the discovery of cancer did not allow him to continue working in the series.

Evgeny Dvorzhetsky (39 years old). He is known to viewers primarily for his role as Edmond Dantes in the film “The Prisoner of the Chateau d'If.”

Since 1999, he has been the host of the “Seven Troubles - One Answer” program on ORT. In 1999, he hosted the game show “Understand Me” on the NTV channel. He also hosted the programs “Golden Ball” on REN TV, “Endless Journey” on RTR, “About Photo” on the TV channel “Culture”.

On the morning of December 1, 1999, Dvorzhetsky drove his VAZ-2109 car for a consultation at the Institute of Immunology: doctors suspected he had asthma, but the diagnosis was not confirmed. On the way back, the actor died when his car collided with a truck. He was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

Vladimir Smirnov (about 40 years old). He played the role of Kolya Bazin in Karen Shakhnazarov's film "Courier".

According to one version, the actor died in a car accident; according to another, Fyodor was killed in line for beer and beaten by the police.

Oleg Dal (39 years old). An extremely famous Soviet theater and film actor. Author of poems and theatrical productions.

In 1980, the actor had a conflict with the management of the Mosfilm studio, which Dahl experienced very hard. Friends and colleagues commented that Oleg looked like recent months life was very bad, I was in a state of nervous and physical exhaustion.

The actor abused alcohol and took measures to overcome his predisposition to alcohol. According to Oleg Ivanovich’s widow, Elizaveta, he had poor health and a bad heart. Despite this, he worked “exhaustively” and often clashed with directors.

Oleg Dal died on March 3, 1981 in a hotel room, during a creative business trip in Kyiv. According to the widespread version, the heart attack was provoked by drinking alcohol, which was contraindicated for the patient, who was “wired up” with an anti-alcohol capsule. The actor's widow denies this information.

Yuri Kamorny (37 years old). Soviet theater and film actor who starred in more than 30 films.

At noon on November 27, 1981, Kamorny’s neighbors in a communal apartment suddenly heard heart-rending female screams coming from his room. The actor’s face was distorted, his lips whispered: “...they will kill you... you shouldn’t go out... I’d rather kill you myself...” Deciding that the actor had fallen into delirium tremens, the neighbors immediately called a doctor by phone -narcologist.

When the doctor and the police arrived at the scene, Kamorny continued to go on a rampage and, waving daggers, did not let anyone near him. The police decided not to risk it and used weapons.

The actor was killed by a police officer in his own room in a communal apartment on November 27, 1981 under unclear circumstances. As the examination later established, the deceased did not have a single gram of alcohol in his blood. They did not find any changes in his brain.

Elena Mayorova (39 years old). The actress died under tragic circumstances on August 23, 1997; the official version was an accident, although some talk about suicide.

Accidentally or intentionally, she set fire to her dress while on the staircase at the entrance of her house, and, having reached the service entrance of the Mossovet Theater, which was located in the courtyard of her house, she lost consciousness.

When Mayorova was taken by ambulance to the Sklifosofsky Institute, she was still alive. But 85 percent of her body was covered in severe burns. A few hours later, the actress died in intensive care. She was conscious all this time. It is unknown whether the actress's death was the result of suicide or an accident.

Alexey Zavyalov (36 years old). Theater actor and main character from the series "Cop Wars".

Alexey had an accident while jumping with a parachute. The injuries were serious and he died in hospital on August 7, 2011.

Vladislav Galkin (38 years old). The Soviet and Russian theater and film actor has been acting in films since childhood. Known to viewers from many films and TV series.

Vladislav was found dead in his own apartment. According to varying reports, the actor’s body was found in bed, or on the floor, he was lying face down. During the initial external examination of the body, no signs of violent death were found.

An examination showed that the actor died approximately two to three days before the discovery of the body, and the cause of death was named acute heart failure with cardiac arrest.

The father of the late actor Vladislav Galkin, director and producer Boris Galkin, revealed strange details about the death of his son. In particular, he stated in the Channel One program “Man and the Law” that Vlad could have been killed because of money.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. (30 years old). Russian actor and director, son of director Sergei Bodrov Sr. He was married and raised two children. Sergei managed to play in only 14 films, the most successful of which were “Brother”, “Brother-2” and “Bear Kiss”

As a director, he managed to shoot the film “Sisters”, although he began filming “Svyaznoy” in July 2002; in September the film crew flew to the Caucasus

The actor died on September 20, 2002 in the Karmadon Gorge, where one of the scenes of the film was to be filmed.

According to the official version, Sergei Bodrov Jr. and the entire film crew died as a result of a rock collapse. Rescue work lasted about a month.

Daniil Pevtsov (22 years old). Son of actor Dmitry Pevtsov. A year after graduating from school, Daniil entered the Russian University of Theater Arts, and in the third year of his studies he transferred to VGIK.

While still studying at VGIK, he gradually began acting in films. His first one was successful big job- in the serial film "Angel in the Heart", which gained great popularity among viewers.

In September 2012, the young actor’s life was tragically cut short: he fell from a third-floor balcony and died in hospital a few days later from his injuries. He was only 22 years old...

In the past year, many people have passed away, whose names will remain in Russian and world history. Among them famous actors, musicians and statesmen.

FEBRUARY

Feltsman Oscar Borisovich

Oscar Feltsman. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Oscar Feltsman was born in Odessa. Already at the age of five he began to learn to play the violin, and a little later the piano. Oscar Feltsman's first piano piece, entitled "Autumn", appeared when he was barely six years old. His compositions included operettas and musical comedies.

Feltsman collaborated with various poets, including Andrei Voznesensky, Rasul Gamzatov, Evgeny Dolmatovsky, Robert Rozhdestvensky and many others. Feltsman's hits were performed by masters of the national stage: Leonid Utesov, Mark Bernes, Muslim Magomaev, Maria Pakhomenko, Joseph Kobzon. In recent years, the composer has created a number of chamber works, including poems by Marina Tsvetaeva.

Oscar Feltsman was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the second, third and fourth degrees for his outstanding contribution to the development of Russian musical art and many years creative activity, as well as the Order of Friendship for his great personal contribution to the development of Russian art. In 1989, Feltsman received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

Vyakhirev Rem Ivanovich

Rem Vyakhirev. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Soviet and Russian manager, statesman, one of the founders of the Gazprom company.

Rem Vyakhirev was born in the village of Bolshaya Chernigovka, Kuibyshev region, and was the eldest child in a family of rural teachers. After graduating from school, he entered the oil faculty of the Kuibyshev Industrial Institute, from which he graduated in 1956 with a degree in oil and gas field development. He worked for the Kuibyshevneft association for fifteen years. In 1971, he was appointed head of the Orenburggazdobycha department.

In 1973, Vyakhirev met Viktor Chernomyrdin, and in 1976 he became the head of Orenburggazdobycha. From 1983 to 1985, Vyakhirev served as Deputy Minister of the Gas Industry of the USSR, at the same time, on the initiative of Chernomyrdin, the Gazprom company was created.

Since 1992, Rem Vyakhirev served as head of the concern's board. Under him, the company entered the European gas market.

In 2004, Forbes magazine included Vyakhirev in the list of the richest people in Russia.

He died on February 11, 2013 at the age of 79 at his dacha in the Moscow region. He was buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery in Moscow.

German Alexey Yurievich

Alexey German. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Film director, classic of Russian black and white cinema.

Alexey German Sr. went down in cinema history as a director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He was born into the family of a writer and screenwriter, author of the script for the film “My Dear Man” by Yuri German and Tatyana Rittenberg. Alexey German's career began in the theater. After graduating from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, he served first at the Smolensk Drama Theater, and then at the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater.

In 1964, German came to Lenfilm, where his first work was the film "Workers' Village", in which he was the second director.

Alexey German's directorial debut was the film "Road Check". Work on the film was completed in 1971, but it was released only in 1985. “Road Check” was followed by “Twenty Days Without War” (1976) and “My Friend Ivan Lapshin” (1984). The last film completed by Herman was “Khrustalev, car!” - was released in 1998.

For many years, Alexey German worked on a film based on the Strugatsky brothers’ novel “It’s Hard to Be a God,” but this film was never released during his lifetime.

Alexey German was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. In particular, his work “My Friend Ivan Lapshin” received the State Prize of the RSFSR in 1987, and a year later “Check on the Roads” was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.

The director died on February 21, 2013 at the age of 75 in the clinic of the Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg. He was buried on February 24 at the Bogoslovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Van Cliburn

World-famous American pianist, first winner of the International P.I. Tchaikovsky.

Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He began studying piano at the age of 3, and at 13 he gave his first solo concert.

The pianist gained worldwide fame after winning the first International Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow in 1958, which became a sensation - at that moment it was in full swing " cold war"His performance was accompanied by an eight-minute ovation. According to legend, the decision to award Cliburn the gold was made personally by Nikita Khrushchev. At that time, the pianist was only 23 years old.

The competition became a turning point in Van Cliburn's biography. After his triumph in Moscow, he gained worldwide fame, and at home - in New York - he was greeted as a national hero. The time of continuous performances began. Sometimes the musician had to play 150 concerts a year. But in 1978, Van Cliburn stopped touring to spend more time with his ailing mother. He resumed performing only in 1987 - after he played at a reception in the White House in Washington on the occasion of the visit Secretary General Central Committee of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev.

Throughout its musical career Van Cliburn spoke before US presidents, representatives royal families and leaders of countries in Europe, Asia and South America, visited the USSR on tour.

The pianist was awarded many awards, including the Russian Order of Friendship. The Russian Academy of Sciences named one of the stars in the constellation Lyra after Van Cliburn, and his name is immortalized in the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. A recording of Tchaikovsky's First Concerto performed by the maestro in 1958 was placed in the US National Academy Hall of Fame.

The pianist returned to Moscow several times, and as part of the First International festival master classes "Glory to the maestro!" I even gave a series of master classes.

MARCH

Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Venezuelan statesman and military leader, President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013

Hugo Chavez was born in the city of Sabaneta in western Venezuela.

In 1975, he graduated from the Venezuelan Military Academy with the rank of junior lieutenant, then served in the airborne units. In February 1992, Chavez led a failed coup attempt. In 1994, he created the V Republic Movement. In 1998, he took the post of president of the republic, and two years later he won the presidential election for the second time. In 2002, Chavez survived an attempt to overthrow him as president. In December 2006, he won the next presidential election.

Hugo Chavez was called the leader of the Bolivarian revolution. He is one of the founders of the political-economic bloc Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America /ALBA/, the author of regional projects in the field of production and marketing of hydrocarbons, in particular Petrocaribe, Petrosur, as well as in the field of media - the Telesur TV channel.

Chavez managed to change the country's foreign policy course, making Venezuela in a short time an authoritative regional leader who led the movement against neoliberalism in the Western Hemisphere.

Chavez is buried in the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with his body is placed in a marble sarcophagus and mounted on a pedestal in the shape of a flower, surrounded by water.

Panin Andrey Vladimirovich

Theater and film actor. Honored Artist Russian Federation.

Andrey Panin was born in Novosibirsk. Two years later the family moved to Chelyabinsk. Then, when Andrei was six years old, he moved to Kemerovo, where he lived for sixteen years. It was the city of Kemerovo that Panin considered his homeland. The actor graduated from the local Institute of Culture and then moved to Moscow. In 1990, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School and became an actor at the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov. His stage works include roles in the plays “Three Sisters”, “The Miserly Knight”, “Marriage”, “Deadly Number” and others.

The actor gained fame thanks to the films “Mom, Don’t Cry” by Maxim Pezhemsky and “Mother” by Denis Evstigneev. Mass popularity came to Andrei Panin after the television series “Brigada” directed by Alexei Sidorov. Panin's popularity was also facilitated by the success of the television series "Kamenskaya". In addition, Andrei Panin created bright, memorable images in the films “Driver for Vera”, “Full Moon Day”, “Poisons, or The World History poisoning" and "A Horseman Named Death", "Blind Man's Bluff", "Morphine" and many others.

The circumstances of the actor's death are unclear. According to one version, he died as a result of an accident, according to another, he was killed. Andrei Panin was buried at the Troekurovskoye cemetery.

Mamyshev-Monroe Vladislav Yurievich

Russian performance artist Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe died

Famous performance artist, creator of "Pirate Television", laureate of the Kandinsky Prize.

The artist was born in Leningrad. He studied at literary school No. 27, from which he was expelled for drawing and distributing caricatures of members of the Politburo.

Since 1986, he began working with the group "New Artists", created by Timur Novikov. Mamyshev is known for his performances where he dressed up as famous people– the first heroine of his reincarnations was Marilyn Monroe. In this image, Mamyshev performed several times at concerts of the Pop Mechanics group by Sergei Kuryokhin. Around this time, the artist adopted the pseudonym Vlad Monroe or Mamyshev-Monro.

In 2000, the artist found a new image for himself - the Soviet film star Lyubov Orlova. In 2003, Mamyshev took part in the scandalous exhibition “Beware of Religion!” In 2007, the artist won the Kandinsky Prize in the category media project of the year for original version full-length film "Volga-Volga", where Monroe played the role of Dunya Petrova.

Mamyshev-Monroe's latest exhibition, "Polonium", prepared jointly with photographer Grigory Polyakovsky, was held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. It was dedicated to the premiere of the play of the same name at the Polytheater, where the artist played the role of Polonius.

On March 16, Mamyshev-Monroe drowned in a hotel pool on the island of Bali in Indonesia. Buried in St. Petersburg.

Berezovsky Boris Abramovich

Boris Berezovsky died

Boris Berezovsky is one of key figures Russian politics 1990s, entrepreneur and scientist.

In 1989, Berezovsky became one of the founders joint stock company"LogoVAZ". From December 1994 to December 7, 1996, he was the first deputy chairman of the board of directors of JSC Public Russian Television.

In May 1994, Berezovsky created the All-Russian Automobile Alliance (AVVA), within the framework of which he headed the project to create a domestic “people's car.”

In 1996-1997, Berezovsky served as Secretary of the Russian Security Council, then became an adviser to the head of the Russian Presidential Administration Yumashev, and in April 1998 he was appointed Executive Secretary of the CIS.

Since 2000, the businessman has lived in the UK, since 2003 - as a political refugee. Since 2001, he has been wanted on charges of fraud, money laundering and attempted violent seizure of power.

On the morning of March 23, 2013, Berezovsky was found dead in his home in County Surey. According to police, the businessman's death was caused by hanging. Berezovsky was buried on May 8 in Surrey

Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich

Actor and director Valery Zolotukhin died

Actor and director.

Valery Zolotukhin was born in Altai in peasant family. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming an actor and in 1958 he entered the musical comedy department of GITIS. After graduating from the institute in 1963, he received an invitation to the Mossovet Theater, where he worked for a year.

In 1964, the artist moved to the Taganka Theater, where he worked until his last days.

In addition to acting in the theater, Zolotukhin actively acted in films; his role as Bumbarash in the film of the same name brought him national fame. His track record includes roles in the trilogy "Master of the Taiga", the detective story "The Missing of a Witness", the historical film "The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married the Blackamoor", the films "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", "The Master and Margarita", " Dead Souls" and many others.

After the artistic director, Yuri Lyubimov, left the Taganka Theater, Zolotukhin took his place. At the beginning of March 2013, he was forced to resign from this position due to poor health. Since 2003, Zolotukhin has also been the artistic director of the Altai State Youth Theater.

He was buried in his homeland - in the village of Bystry Istok in Altai.

APRIL

Margaret Thatcher

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher became the first and so far only woman to hold this post.

Thatcher was able to lead Britain out of the economic crisis of the late 1970s using tough and unpopular measures, including the privatization of state-owned companies and the refusal to support unpromising enterprises. She also initiated a military solution to the conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, which ended in British victory.

For services to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II granted Thatcher the title of Baroness in 1992.

In the last years of her life, Margaret Thatcher was seriously ill; the cause of her death was a stroke. According to the will of the deceased, she was buried next to her husband in the cemetery of a military hospital in London's Chelsea district.

Livshits Alexander Yakovlevich

Alexander Livshits. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Russian economist, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation in 1996-1997, Vice President of the Russian Aluminum holding in 2001-2013.

Livshits worked for the Russian government in the 1990s. He became Minister of Finance and Deputy Governor from Russia at the IMF in 1996, also receiving the post of Deputy Prime Minister.

In 1997, Livshits left the government, becoming the representative of the president on the National Banking Council, as well as deputy head of the presidential administration, where he worked until 1998. In 1999, the economist was Russia's special representative to the G8.

A year later, Livshits left the government, heading the board of the Russian Credit bank. A year later, he changed his job again, moving to Rusal. It was in the aluminum company that Livshits worked in recent years. IN political life country, the former minister practically did not participate.

MAY

Balabanov Alexey Oktyabrovich

Alexey Balabanov. Photo: ITAR-TASS

In 1981, Balabanov graduated from the translation department of the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, and in 1983-1987 he worked as an assistant director at the Sverdlovsk film studio. In 1990 he graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors.

Among his works are the films “War”, “It Doesn’t Hurt Me”, “About Freaks and People”, “Cargo 200”, “Blind Man’s Bluff”, “Morphine” and others.

The director’s latest film, “I Want Too,” was released on Russian screens in mid-December 2012. It tells about a mystical bell tower to which people go in the hope of finding happiness. The director played himself in one of the episodes of the film, during which he dies.

Alexey Balabanov died suddenly while working on another script in the Dunes sanatorium in the city of Sestroretsk. He was buried at the Smolensk cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Schmidt Sigurd Ottovich

Sigurd Schmidt. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Famous Russian historian and local historian.

The scientist taught at the Russian State humanitarian university, headed the department of Moscow studies and was an emeritus professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities.

In 1944, Sigurd Schmidt graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, and in 1949 he began teaching at the Moscow Institute of History and Archives, on the basis of which the Russian State University for the Humanities was created. In 1965, Schmidt received a doctorate in historical sciences, and five years later he became a professor. In 1992 he became an academician of the Russian Academy of Education. Schmidt, the author of more than 20 books and a large number of articles, was known in the country as a brilliant popularizer of history.

JULY

Segalovich Ilya Valentinovich

Russian programmer, co-founder of Yandex.

Ilya Segalovich was born in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the family of geophysicist, USSR State Prize laureate Valentin Segalovich.

In 1986, he graduated from the geophysical faculty of the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute. After graduating from the institute, Segalovich worked as a programmer at the All-Union Institute of Mineral Resources, where he wrote geophysical information systems in Fortran. In the early 1990s, together with his classmate Arkady Volozh, Segalovich came up with the word “Yandex” to refer to the technology for searching unstructured information that they were developing. Subsequently, Segalovich was at the origins of the creation of the most popular search engine on the Runet, and in recent years he served as technical director of Yandex.

In September 2012, Segalovich was diagnosed with cancer. On July 27, 2013, he died in a London clinic. Buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow

Todorovsky Petr Efimovich

Peter Todorovsky. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Pyotr Todorovsky was born in the city of Bobrynets in Ukraine. Since the summer of 1943, he was a cadet at the Saratov Military Infantry School, and since 1944, he was the commander of a mortar platoon as part of the 93rd Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division of the 47th Army of the First Belorussian Front. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st and 2nd degree, and medals. After the war, until 1949, he served as an officer in a military garrison near Kostroma.

In 1954, Todorovsky graduated from the cinematography department of VGIK and made his debut as a cameraman at the Moldova-Film film studio. For ten years he worked at the Odessa Film Studio.

As an actor, he starred in the films “It Was the Month of May” and “The Quagmire.”

In 1983, he directed the famous film “A War Romance,” which was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best movie in a foreign language."

The director wrote music for most of his films.

Pyotr Todorovsky died on May 24, 2013 in Moscow at the age of 88. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

JULY

Gorshenev Mikhail Yurievich

The best performances of the group "The King and the Clown"

Musician, lead singer of the group "The King and the Jester"

Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorshenev was born in the city of Boksitogorsk Leningrad region. He began studying music while still at school. In 1988, together with classmates Alexander Balunov and Alexander Shchigolev, he founded the group "Kontora". In 1990, Andrei Knyazev joined them. That same year, they named their group "King of the Jesters", which then received its current name. The musicians released their first studio album, “A Stone to the Head,” in 1996. In total, the group recorded 12 studio albums; in 2005, Mikhail Gorshenev released the solo album “I am an alcoholic anarchist.”

He was buried at the Bogoslovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.

AUGUST

Peskov Vasily Mikhailovich

Famous journalist, traveler, writer, one of the hosts of the program “In the Animal World”.

In his youth, Vasily Peskov was interested in photography. One day, an employee of the regional newspaper “Young Communard” saw his photographs and invited him to work. This was the impetus for the start of journalistic activity.

Three years later, Vasily Mikhailovich was invited to work for the newspaper " TVNZ", where for many years he hosted the columns "Window to Nature" and " Taiga dead end"Many of his essays formed the basis of books. Thus, in 1960, “Notes of a Photo Reporter” were published, and three years later, Peskov’s books “Steps on the Dew” and “Wait for Us, Stars” became famous.

Peskov's documentary story "Taiga Dead End", published in 1990, gained the greatest popularity. It tells the story of Old Believers hermits who fled to the Sayan taiga in the Republic of Khakassia in the 1930s. In the book, Vasily Peskov tells how he established contact with settlers and won their trust.

In 1991, another collection of essays by Peskov, “Wanderings,” was published, where the journalist talks about East Africa, Hungary and the Alps. His last book, Alaska is More Than You Think, was published in 1994.

Despite his rich literary heritage, many remember Vasily Peskov from the program “In the Animal World,” which he hosted from 1975 to 1990.

The journalist died in Moscow at the age of 84. According to Peskov's will, his ashes were scattered in his homeland, in the village of Orlovo, Voronezh region.

Soviet and Russian cinematographer, who gained worldwide fame for his collaboration with directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Bondarchuk

Vadim Yusov was born in the Leningrad region. In 1954 he graduated from the cinematography department of VGIK and at the same time began collaborating with the Mosfilm film studio. In 1960, he first worked with Andrei Tarkovsky on the set of the short film “The Rink and the Violin.” Since 1983 – head of the Department of Cinematography at VGIK.

Vadim Yusov's filmography includes more than 20 films. Among them are “Andrei Rublev”, “Solaris”, “Ivan’s Childhood” by Andrei Tarkovsky; "I'm Walking Through Moscow" by Georgy Danelia; “They Fought for the Motherland”, “Boris Godunov” by Sergei Bondarchuk and others.

In recent years, Vadim Yusov collaborated with Oleg Dorman in the films "Interlinear" and "Own Voice", as well as with Andrei Proshkin in the film "Orange Juice".

Vadim Yusov is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery

NOVEMBER

Yakovlev Yuri Vasilievich

Actor Yuri Yakovlev died

Actor, National artist THE USSR.

Yuri Yakovlev was born in Moscow into the family of a lawyer. IN post-war years studied at evening school, while working as an assistant mechanic. In 1948, he tried to enter VGIK, but the commission recognized him as not “cinegenic.” Then Yakovlev went to the Theater School. B. Shchukina.

In 1952, the actor came to the Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked for more than 60 years. Among his roles are Sorin in “The Seagull” by A. Chekhov, Dudukin in “Guilty Without Guilt” by A. Ostrovsky, Karenin in “Anna Karenina” by L. Tolstoy, Pantaloon in “Princess Turandot” and many others. In total, Yuri Yakovlev played more than 40 roles on the theater stage.

In 1955, Yuri Yakovlev made his debut on the big screen in the role of Prince Myshkin in the film “The Idiot” based on the novel of the same name by F.M. Dostoevsky.

Among the actor’s most famous film works are the house manager Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha/Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Leonid Gaidai’s film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession”, Ippolit in the main New Year’s film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath”, Lieutenant Rzhevsky in “The Hussar Ballad”, Patsak Bi in the dystopian comedy "Kin-Dza-Dza".

The actor died on the night of November 30, 2013 in a Moscow hospital after a long illness. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

DECEMBER

Nelson Mandela

Died ex-president South Africa Nelson Mandela

The first black president of South Africa, one of the most famous activists in the fight for human rights during the apartheid period. Laureate Nobel Prize world 1993.

Nelson Mandela was born in the southeast of South Africa. In 1943 he began studying law at university.

IN student years Mandela joined the Youth League of the African National Congress (ANC), which was engaged in the fight against apartheid. In 1953, the South African government banned him from speaking at public events. In 1956, he was accused of treason, but then acquitted.

By 1960, when the authorities banned the ANC, Mandela had already become the recognized leader of the organization. In 1961, he headed the ANC military organization, and three years later he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1990 he was released.

In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In the first national elections in South Africa with the participation of an African majority in 1994, Mandela was elected president of South Africa. He remained at the head of state until 1999.

Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 96 at his home. He was buried on December 15, 2013 in his ancestral village.

Kalashnikov Mikhail Timofeevich

Small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dies

Famous small arms designer

Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in the Altai region into a large peasant family. In 1930, the family was dispossessed and exiled to the village of Nizhnyaya Mokhovaya, Tomsk region.

In 1938, Kalashnikov was drafted into the Red Army. During his military service, he developed an inertial counter to count the number of shots from a tank gun, adapted a TT pistol for effective firing through slits in a tank turret, and created a device for measuring the service life of a tank engine. For the latest invention, the commander of the Kyiv Military District, General Georgy Zhukov, awarded Kalashnikov a personalized watch.

In August 1941, Kalashnikov went to the front, but a few months later he was seriously wounded in the battles near Bryansk. While on a six-month vacation, he developed his first model of a submachine gun. In July 1942, Kalashnikov was sent to a scientific testing site, where the submachine gun underwent full-scale testing.

In 1945, Kalashnikov took part in a competition to develop an assault rifle chambered for the 1943 model. Based on the results of competitive tests, the AK-47 assault rifle was adopted by the Soviet Army at the beginning of 1949. Then Kalashnikov received the Order of the Red Star and Stalin Prize first degree "For the development of a weapon model."

Since 1949, he worked in the department of the chief designer of the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant. In addition to the AK-47, Kalashnikov created a modernized AKM assault rifle with a caliber of 7.62 millimeters and a modernized AKMS assault rifle with a folding stock. After the transition to the 5.45 mm caliber, the AK-74, AKS-74U, and AK-74M Kalashnikov assault rifle models were developed. In total, the Kalashnikov design bureau created more than a hundred samples of military weapons.

In 1971, based on a combination of research and design work and inventions without defending a dissertation, Kalashnikov was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Kalashnikov wrote several books of memoirs: “Notes of a gunsmith designer” (1992), “From someone else’s threshold to the Spassky Gate” (1997), “I walked the same road with you: Memoirs” (1999), “Kalashnikov: the trajectory of fate” (2004 ), “In the whirlwind of my life” (2007), “Everything you need is simple” (2009). He was a member of the Russian Writers' Union.

Cancer is a terrible disease that 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 fought alone against pancreatic cancer, forcing his positive attitude everyone to believe that he almost won. 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. He may have lived too short a life and died on December 15, 1966 from lung cancer, but his ideas live on and his characters have long crossed the boundaries of the screen and been 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 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 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

June 3, 2014 musical and literary critic, 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 gallstones and set a day for surgery. 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 first showed ischemic disease 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 on an expensive trip for treatment 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 Fair Nanny, her 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, she could no longer even walk on her own, she could only move on her own. 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 by the 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.

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 more beloved characters - all this is People's Artist of the USSR Georgy Vitsin. The heyday of his fame came during the Soviet Union, and in the 90s he, together with the 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. It's been a while more than a year, 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 lack of funds for expensive medicines, 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 and her brothers in orphanage- after the death of my mother. Tamara Makarovna was raised foster family, to which the actress was very devoted. Her own 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"