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This year, many great people have passed away, whose talent was admired by millions of fans around the world. Next, we propose to remember all those who died in 2015.
famous Opera singer Elena Obraztsova died on January 12 in a German clinic from a serious illness. She was 75 years old. Farewell to opera diva took place at the Bolshoi Theatre. The singer was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. Obraztsova's repertoire included more than 80 roles in classical and modern operas, Russian folk songs, old romances, jazz compositions. "The World's Finest Carmen" was applauded at the Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden, and it was impossible to get a ticket for her performances in Vienna and Milan.
People's Artist of Russia Rimma Markova died on January 15. She was 89 years old. The actress was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. In recent years, Markova was sick a lot and almost did not act in films. Fame brought her role in the film by Alexei Saltykov "Indian Kingdom". In total, Markova played more than 70 film roles. Among the most famous films featuring Rimma Markova - " Eternal Call", "Relatives", "Pokrovsky Gates", "Midshipmen, forward" and others.
Died on January 26 in Athens at the age of 68 famous singer Demis Roussos. The funeral of Roussos took place on January 30 at the First Cemetery of Athens - the burial place of Greek politicians and cultural figures. Roussos gained worldwide fame thanks to such hits as Souvenirs, Goodbye My Love, Forever and Ever. At the peak of his popularity, the singer gave 150 concerts. Demisos Roussos was also loved in the USSR.
Australian writer Colleen McCullough passed away on January 29. She was 77 years old. World fame came to the Australian writer in 1977, after the release of the book "The Thorn Birds". The novel became an international bestseller and has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Politician Boris Nemtsov was killed on the night of February 27-28. He was 55 years old. The politician was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery. An investigation is underway into the murder of Nemtsov. He started his political career in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, he acted as a confidant of Boris Yeltsin. He was the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Founded the all-Russian political movement"Young Russia" Participated in the organization of mass opposition actions. In 2012, Nemtsov was elected co-chairman of PARNAS.
English writer Terry Pratchett died on March 12 at the age of 66. Death occurred while he was surrounded by family members at his home. The writer was diagnosed with an early stage of Alzheimer's disease. Pratchett is the author of more than 70 books, with a total circulation of about 50 million copies. The writer became famous thanks to the cycle in the genre of satirical fantasy "Flat World".
The satirist writer Arkady Arkanov died on March 22 in Moscow at the age of 82. For the past few years he has been suffering from cancer. Arkanov was buried at the Vvedensky cemetery of the capital. His stories and novels, marked by subtle, often sad humor, entered the golden fund. Arkanov's plays at the Satire Theater and Lenkom attracted full houses from year to year.
On April 28, at the age of 52, Batyrkhan Shukenov, the first soloist of the "A" Studio group, passed away.The artist died of a heart attack. In 1988, together with his friends, he created "A" Studio, becoming its frontman. In the group, he sang until 2000, and then took up solo career. Over a 30-year career, Shukenov recorded 13 albums - solo and as part of the A Studio group. In addition to music, the artist was engaged in social activities- Was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Kazakhstan.
Prima of the Bolshoi Theater Maya Plisetskaya died on May 2. The artist was 89 years old. Plisetskaya died of a severe heart attack. The doctors fought for the life of the ballerina, but could not do anything. The artist bequeathed to dispel her ashes over Russia. Plisetskaya performed many roles at the Bolshoi, but some of the most famous were: Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda in Glazunov's ballet.
On May 15, at the age of 90, the king of the blues, 15-time Grammy winner BB King died. Surrounded by the musician, they say that he died quietly in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas. BB King released his debut single in 1949, and stopped touring only in 2014. The musician has sold millions of his records worldwide. He has been inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On May 19, at the age of 69, People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Menshov died. Death came after severe and prolonged illness. The artist was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Evgeny Menshov played in the films "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", "Where Are You, Love?", "State Border". Also, together with the TV presenter and announcer Angelina Vovk, from 1988 to 2006 he hosted the TV show "Song of the Year".
Famous British actor Christopher Lee passed away on June 7th. He died in the hospital from problems with respiratory system and heart failure. Christopher Lee has appeared in over 250 films. He gained worldwide fame thanks to his roles in such franchises as "The Lord of the Rings" and " star Wars". The actor became famous as a performer of the roles of Dracula, Saruman and Count Dooku. In 2009, Lee was knighted for his contribution to the theater and cinema and charitable activities.
The famous healer Juna Davitashvili died on June 8 in Moscow at the age of 66. A few days before her death, she fell into a coma. Fame came to June in Soviet years, thanks to unusual abilities. It was believed that she can get rid of diseases due to her energy. The media reported that her clients in different time were Leonid Brezhnev, Robert de Niro, Marcello Mastroianni, Andrei Tarkovsky and Boris Yeltsin.
Zhanna Friske passed away on June 15. The singer was buried in Moscow at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in a family grave. An inoperable brain tumor was discovered in Friske a few months after the birth of her son. At the end of 2014, Friske completed her cancer treatment and returned from China to Moscow. The last months the artist lived in country house near Moscow with her husband and young son. Zhanna Friske gained fame thanks to her participation since 1996 as part of the girl group "Brilliant".
On June 26, at the age of 86, former Prime Minister of Russia Yevgeny Primakov died. He died after a long illness. The politician was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. Primakov from 1977 to 1985 headed the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, from 1985 to 1989 he headed the IMEMO of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1991 to 1996 he headed the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, in 1996-1998 he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, and from 1998 to 1999 he was the Prime Minister.
The legendary Czech football player, winner of the Golden Ball in 1962, Josef Masopust, died on June 29 at the age of 84. He died after a long illness. AT different years Masopust played for the Czech clubs "Vodrtechnu" and "Dukla", as well as "Royal Crossing". He played for the national team from 1954 to 1966. As part of the Czechoslovak team, the midfielder became the bronze medalist of the Euro 1960 championship and the silver medalist of the 1962 World Cup.
Former Marussia team pilot Jules Bianchi passed away on July 17 after being unconscious for nine months. In whom he got on October 5, 2014 during the Japanese Grand Prix. With nine laps to go, his car went off the track and collided with a tow truck. Jules Bianchi signed a contract with the Russian team Marussia in February 2013. His the best result in "Formula 1" was the ninth place at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2014.
On July 19, at the age of 68, he died after a serious illness. former chairman State Duma Gennady Seleznev. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery. Over the years, Seleznev worked as the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda and the Pravda newspaper, then joined the State Duma from the first to the fourth convocations, and in 1996 took over as chairman of the lower house. Seleznev's colleagues note that he was a principled leader, he knew how to find mutual language. They called him the compromise man.
On the night of August 20, after a long illness, the People's Artist of Russia Lev Durov died. He was 83 years old. The actor was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. Durov has played more than 200 roles in cinema. National fame brought him work in the paintings "I'm walking around Moscow", "Old Robbers", "Seventeen Moments of Spring", " Big change", as well as the films "Shall we send a messenger?" and "The garden was full of the moon."
On August 30, People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Svetin died in St. Petersburg. He was 84 years old. A week before his death, the actor was hospitalized with a stroke. Svetin was buried at the Serafimovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg. Mikhail Semyonovich starred in almost a hundred films. Viewers will remember him for his roles in the films "Afonya", "12 Chairs", "Magicians", "The Man from the Capuchin Boulevard".
In Moldova, on September 15, at the age of 82, actor Mihai Volontir died. He suffered from diabetes for several years, in July the actor was urgently hospitalized. Popular fame Mihai Volontir brought the role of Budulai in the films "Gypsy" and "The Return of Budulay". In 1988 he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 2000, Volontir was recognized in Moldova as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.
On November 8, the famous Soviet and Russian composer, author of the songs "And it's snowing" and "You are alone in my destiny" Andrei Eshpay passed away. He died at the age of 91 from the effects of a stroke. Andrey Eshpay wrote music for more than 50 drama theater performances and films.
Film director Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich died on November 11 at the age of 82. He died of heart failure. Jungvald-Khilkevich was a prominent figure in the theater and cinema, he shot more than two dozen films - "D" Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, "Ah, vaudeville, vaudeville", "Prisoner of If Castle", "Dangerous Tours" are known to several generations of viewers. In recent years, he has collaborated with theaters, including foreign ones, engaged in productions, painted scenery for performances, and wrote books about cinema.
Director Eldar Ryazanov died on November 30. His heart stopped. People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of state awards, screenwriter, teacher, writer and playwright was 88 years old. Eldar Ryazanov made about 30 films and almost every one of them became a movie hit. The most famous films of the director are "Carnival Night", "Beware of the Car", "Cruel Romance", " Love affair at work", "Garage", "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath".
Famed rock musician Scott Wayland died on Dec. 3 while on tour. He was 48 years old. The rocker's body was found on the bus. Scott Wayland is an American musician, vocalist, and former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots. He is known for his way of singing using a megaphone. Wayland previously performed with bands such as Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver. Long years the rocker suffered from drug addiction, but in 2002 he coped with it.
On December 28, the leader of the rock band Motorhead, Ian Fraser Kilmister, nicknamed Lemmy, died of cancer. He died at his home in Los Angeles. The rocker found out about the illness on December 26, two days before that, he celebrated his 70th birthday. Motorhead was founded in 1975. Bassist and vocalist Kilmister was the only member of the band's original lineup.
A string of deaths has taken the lives of several actors this year. They did not leave behind dozens of films, since they starred mainly in TV series, but managed to earn the love of viewers before their lives were tragically cut short.
Sergei Saleev
The actor passed away on November 1, but the press became aware of this only two weeks later. The body of the 48-year-old artist was found in the bathroom. Alcohol poisoning was called as a preliminary version of Saleev's death.
According to relatives of the actor, recent times he suffered from creative lack of demand and, as a result, lack of money.
Shortly before his death, Saleev went on a drinking binge and left a post on Facebook that seemed strange to his friends:
Life is the best that is given to such unbridled idiots like us, who give the “loafers” in the hall the best, the most secret, the true, demanding nothing, nothing in return. Glory to the profession, glory, glory to the Actors!!!
Initially, Saleev played in the theater, but when he moved from Yekaterinburg to St. Petersburg, he did not work out with the stage. He began to play maniacs, victims, monsters and recognizable movie characters in quests.
TV viewers know him by his roles in the series " Sea Devils. Smerch-3”, “It was in Gavrilovka”.
Egor Klinaev
At the end of September, fans of 18-year-old Yegor Klinaev were shocked by the news of the death of their beloved actor.
A young man when stopped to help those injured in an accident. He was hit by a passing car. The aspiring actor died before the ambulance arrived.
He got his driver's license five months before the tragedy. In social networks, Yegor boasted of his rights. Then no one suspected that it was the road that would take his life.
The star of the television series "Fizruk" admitted that he sees himself in 10 years "forever young, in demand, with inexhaustible ideas, with a wonderful wife and two kids."
Many people have passed through my life movie sets, from which no memories remain, and Yegor, surprisingly, despite his youth, had a very sharp mind, a phenomenal sense of humor. This is visible in the frame.
The deceased actor began his career in the famous Fidget group. In 2012, he played a major role in the film "The Secret of Yegor". Then he starred in youth series, among them was Fizruk.
Natalya Yunnikova
In September, two days before the death of her colleague Yegor Klinaev, actress Natalya Yunnikova died. She performed more than a dozen episodic roles in various films, but the audience remembered for the role of the investigator Vasilisa Mikhailova in the TV series "The Return of Mukhtar".
At the age of 37 after she collapsed in a cardiogenic syncope at home. She suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage after hitting her head on a table.
The doctors put her in. The actress died two weeks later without regaining consciousness.
She left her 11-year-old son Roland, who, after the death of his mother, began to live with his father, director Anton Fedotov.
Later, the media began to write that one of the reasons for her early departure from life was "lack of demand in the profession and loneliness." After The Return of Mukhtar, Yunnikova was no longer filmed, since the directors saw her only in the form of the investigator Vasilisa.
It is worth noting that before her death, she still managed to take part in the filming of the series "Ivanov-Ivanov", but since not all episodes were filmed before Yunnikova's death, the director decided to redo the material by changing the actress.
Kazimir Liske
American Casimir Liske became famous in Russia thanks to the series "Interns". He played the role of an English patient in love.
In our country, Kazimir gained not only creative success but also family. In 2016, their son Oliver was born with his wife Polina Grishina-Liske.
The actor passed away in April of this year. He was taken to one of the Moscow hospitals, where the 35-year-old artist died from injuries incompatible with life.
The wife and close friend of Kazimir, artistic director of the Praktika Theater Ivan Vyrypaev, called the death of the actor an accident.
Kaz was going through a serious mental instability. You can call it a disease. He came home at one in the morning, talked to Polina. No one saw in him any signs of panic or mental instability ... And we are all sure that he did not want to do this at all, just the illness and mental state that he suppressed and hid even from his loved ones pushed his body into the sky, wrote Vyrypaev.
Actor Liske, in addition to the series Interns, starred in such films as Ivan the Terrible and Capital of Sin.
Here you can remember those who died in 2018. The causes and versions of death are indicated. For individuals, a detailed account of last day life with dates and place of death, photo and video materials. The list is growing...
As you know, Wikipedia has a more detailed expanded list of dead people by day. We publish a more concise list of media people known to the Russian reader.
List of those who died in 2018:
Ludmila Alekseeva
Ludmila Alekseeva July 20, 1927 - December 8, 2018
On December 8, in the fifteenth city hospital of Moscow, she died public figure, human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseeva. She was 91 years old. The cause of death was given as heart failure.
The farewell ceremony, held at the Moscow House of Journalists, was attended by President Putin.
The body of Lyudmila Mikhailovna was cremated, after which the ashes were transported to the United States for burial in a family grave.
George Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018
Of those who died in 2018, the forty-first President of the United States, George W. Bush, turned out to be. He died in a Texas hospital on November 30, 2018 at the age of 94.
Evgeny Osin
Evgeny Osin October 4, 1964 - November 17, 2018
On November 17, 2018, the most popular pop singer in the 90s Evgeny Viktorovich Osin passed away.
As you know, Eugene until the end of his days struggled with alcohol addiction and the many consequences of this addiction.
The singer experienced serious health problems. He died in his apartment from cardiac arrest.
The farewell ceremony took place on November 20 in the ritual hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
Nikolai Karachentsov
Nikolai Karachentsov October 27, 1944 - October 26, 2018
On October 26, 2018, one day before his seventy-fourth birthday, Nikolai Karachentsov died.
Since 2005, Nikolai Petrovich has experienced serious health problems after a car accident. The actor was in a coma for 26 days, underwent a craniotomy and a long rehabilitation. In 2017 Karachentsov again got into car accident, this time without consequences. However, in September 2017, doctors diagnosed him with an inoperable stage of lung cancer. In early October 2018, Nikolai Petrovich was hospitalized at the Moscow Cancer Center. The day before his birthday, he died of kidney failure.
The funeral ceremony took place on October 29 in Lenkom, where the play "Juno and Avos" was given in the evening of the same day. They buried Nikolai Karachentsov at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
Montserrat Caballe
Montserrat Caballe April 12, 1933 - October 6, 2018
On October 6, the world-famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe died in Barcelona. She was 85 years old. The cause of death is not officially named at the request of the singer's family members.
Montserrat Caballe was buried in a family grave at the Spanish cemetery "Sant Andreu"
Roman Kartsev
Roman Kartsev May 20, 1939 - October 2, 2018
Three last months life 79-year-old National artist Russian Roman Andreevich Kartsev held in medical center, unsuccessfully trying to get rid of heart failure. The cause of death, according to official data, is cardiac arrest.
The farewell ceremony for the actor took place on October 4 at the Moscow Central House of Writers. Roman Kartsev was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour May 22, 1924 - October 1, 2018
On October 1, the best pop singer of the twentieth century died (according to CNN and Time magazine), the personification of the French song is the Armenian Shakhnur Aznavourian, known throughout the world as Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour died at the age of 94 in the city of Mouries. The funeral took place at the Paris Invalides. They were visited by the presidents of France and Armenia.
Aznavour is buried in the suburbs of Paris in the family vault.
Joseph Kobzon
Joseph Kobzon September 11, 1937 - August 30, 2018
Iosif Davydovich struggled for a long time with cancer- cancer prostate. Kobzon spent the whole of August in intensive care, the last two weeks of his life, the condition of the 80-year-old singer began to deteriorate sharply. Two days before his death, Iosif Kobzon fell into a coma, from which he did not come out ...
According to his last will, the singer will be buried at the Central Vostryakovsky cemetery, next to his mother.
Edward Uspensky
Edward Uspensky December 22, 1937 - August 14, 2018
As a result of a severe, long illness, on August 14, 2018, a wonderful children's writer, the author of "Cheburashka" and "Prostokvashino" - Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky.
It is known that Ouspensky has been treated for a malignant oncological neoplasm since 2011, having survived several relapses. Eduard Nikolaevich was 80 years old. The farewell ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the Central House of Writers.
Uspensky is buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery of the capital. The grave is located next to the writer Vladimir Voinovich.
Dmitry Brusnikin
Dmitry Brusnikin November 17, 1957 - August 9, 2018
On August 9, at the age of sixty, the actor and director, Honored Artist and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Dmitry Brusnikin passed away.
Dmitry Vladimirovich, having a weak heart, could not leave work. official reason death was attributed to heart failure. The farewell ceremony with Dmitry Brusnikin was held on August 13 at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. He is buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery of the capital.
Andrey Dementiev
Andrey Dementiev July 16, 1928 - June 26, 2018
On June 26, 2018, he died in the First City Hospital of Moscow at the age of 90 wonderful person- poet and TV presenter Andrei Dmitrievich Dementiev. The cause of Andrei Dmitrievich's death was a complication after an illness.
Andrei Dementiev is widely known as a songwriter. Songs based on his poems are in the repertoire of Anna German, Valentina Tolkunova, Muslim Magomayev, Sofia Rotaru.
The farewell ceremony took place in Moscow, in the hall of P. I. Tchaikovsky. At the end of the farewell ceremony, a funeral was held according to the Christian rite in the church on Bolshaya Ordynka. Andrei Dmitrievich was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery.
Stanislav Govorukhin
Stanislav Govorukhin March 29, 1936 - June 14, 2018
On June 14, 2018, the outstanding director, People's Artist of Russia Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin passed away. He died in the sanatorium "Barvikha" at 10:37 from a long illness.
The farewell ceremony took place on June 16 at the Transfiguration Church of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Stanislav Govorukhin is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, next to Tabakov and Bronev.
Igor Lyakh
Igor Lyakh August 16, 1962 - June 8, 2018
At the age of 56, on the night of June 8, the Honored Artist of Russia Igor Vladimirovich Lyakh, who played Lyonka in the film Love and Pigeons, passed away. The cause of death in the media is called cardiac arrest.
Kira Muratova
Kira Muratova November 5, 1934 - June 6, 2018
At the age of 84, Kira Georgievna Muratova died - the famous film director, who starred in such stars as Ruslanova, Litvinova, Makovetsky, Demidova
The cause of death of Kira Georgievna was a long illness. She was buried at the Tairov cemetery in Odessa. According to the last will of the deceased, mourning ceremonies were not held.
Leonid Nevedomsky
Leonid Nevedomsky October 13, 1939 - June 3, 2018
On June 3, 2108, the 78-year-old People's Artist of Russia Leonid Nevedomsky passed away. Leonid Vitalievich served in the Bolshoi for more than half a century. drama theater them. Tovstonogov, on the stage of which he played more than 40 roles. In addition to the theater, the artist has performed more than 100 roles in film and television. The domestic viewer will immediately remember the film about the gypsy Bodulay in which Leonid Nevedomsky played along with Mihai Volontir and Clara Luchko.
Leonid Vitalievich died after a long illness. He is buried in Saint Petersburg at the Literary bridges of the Volkovsky cemetery.
Nina Mikhailovna Doroshina
Nina Doroshina 03/01/1934 — 21/04/2018
On April 21, 2018, the People's Artist of the RSFSR Nina Doroshina, who played Nadezhda in the film Love and Doves, died. Nina Mikhailovna was 83 years old. On April 21, neighbors called an ambulance after hearing screams in the artist's apartment. Unfortunately, it was not possible to save Nina Mikhailovna. The cause of death was tentatively listed as a heart attack. It is known that three days before her death, Doroshina refused to be hospitalized in a clinic.
Nina Doroshina is buried at the Pyatnitsky cemetery in Moscow.
Avici
Avici 08/09/1989 — 20/04/2018
On April 20, Swedish DJ Tim Bergling, known under the pseudonym Avicii, passed away. Tim is known for his hits "My Feelings for You", "Seek Bromance", "Blessed" and "Levels", as well as the scandal with the English singer Leona Lewis, who used part of Tim's track without permission, and was forced to credit Avici as a co-author . Tim Bergling's cause of death was chronic pancreatitis. Tim was 28 years old.
Angelica Volchkova
Angelica Volchkova 10/09/1970 — 08/04/2018
Among those who died in 2018 was the Honored Artist of Russia Anzhelika Gennadievna Volchkova. She died on April 8, Easter night. Angelica was the leading actress of the School of Modern Play theater, starred in serials, she was only 47 years old. Farewell to Angelica took place in the theater "School of the modern play", the artist was buried in her native Penza. The cause of death of Angelica Gennadievna was a long illness, which she asked not to discuss.
Oleg Andreevich Anofriev
Oleg Andreevich Anofriev 20/06/1930-28/03/2018
On March 28, 2018, as a result of a long illness, the Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Russia Oleg Anofriev passed away. The Russian audience will immediately remember the cartoon " The Bremen Town Musicians”, “Like a lion and a turtle sang a song”, where Oleg Andreevich voiced all the characters.
Oleg Anofriev was buried at the Aksinsky cemetery in the Moscow region.
Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi
Sergei Mavrodi 11/08/1955 - 26/03/2018
On the night of March 25-26, 2018, Sergei Mavrodi was hospitalized at the 67th city hospital in Moscow with heart complaints. The ambulance took Sergei Panteleevich in a semi-conscious state with bus stop on st. Polikarpov. In spite of medical care at 6:40 am Mavrodi died of a heart attack. Sergey Panteleevich was 63 years old.
On March 31, at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow, Mavrodi was buried in closed coffin, since his brother forbade him to be buried in the family plot of the Khovansky cemetery next to his father and mother
Yuri Grigorievich Shatalov
Yuri Shatalov 03/06/1945 — 20/03/2018
On March 20, 2018, the legendary hockey player, Honored Master of Sports, world and European champion, multiple winner of the USSR Cup, European Champions Cup, participant in the USSR-Canada Super Series in 1974, Yuri Shatalov, passed away. Yuri Grigorievich was 72 years old. According to the telegram channel Mash, Shatalov committed suicide after a long illness.
Stephen William Hawking
Stephen Hawking 08/01/1942 - 14/03/2018
British physicist Stephen Hawking died early on March 14, 2018 at his home in Cambridge. After the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1960, doctors gave Stephen Hawking no more than 2 years of life, but it turned out that he was one of those who died in 2018. 13/12/1950 - 25/01/2018
People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Senchina died on January 25, 2018 from pancreatic cancer. Ten days before her death, the singer did not regain consciousness. The farewell ceremony took place on January 28 at the Musical Comedy Theater in St. Petersburg. Lyudmila Senchina is buried in Smolensky Orthodox cemetery St. Petersburg.
Lyudmila Petrovna was buried in Orthodox rite in the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon Mother of God. Condolences to the family and friends of the singer were expressed, among others, by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky, Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko,
Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov
Victor Anpilov 02/10/1945 - 15/01/2018
On January 13, 2018, Viktor Ivanovich received a massive stroke, was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute, where he died two days later without regaining consciousness.
Viktor Anpilov was 72 years old. On January 20, a civil farewell memorial service took place in the ritual hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery, where Viktor Ivanovich was subsequently buried. Condolences to Anpilov's relatives were expressed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin 15/06/1936 - 10/01/2018
On January 10, 2018, the Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Mikhailovich Derzhavin passed away. Mikhail Mikhailovich died at the age of 82 in Odintsovo, in a military hospital, where he was treated for coronary heart disease and hypertension.
Six months before his death, the artist suffered an acute myocardial infarction. Derzhavin was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in the capital.
The farewell ceremony was held at the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire, the funeral service according to the Christian rite was held in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Sands. Condolences to the relatives of Mikhail Mikhailovich were expressed, among others, by President Putin
John Young
John Young 24/09/1930 - 5/01/2018
John Young, an American astronaut, died on January 5, 2018 at the age of 87. John Young is famous for the fact that he repeatedly flew to the moon, in 1972 he visited its surface, where he moved in a special lunar car, and is also known for the curious case when he carried on board spaceship corned beef sandwich. John Young served at NASA for 42 years.
He last flew into space in 1983, and had, in total, more than 15,000 flight hours on various aircraft.
Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Vedernikov December 23, 1927 - January 9, 2018
At the age of 91, the famous bass of the Bolshoi Theater, People's Artist of the USSR Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov, passed away. The funeral service according to the Christian rite was held on January 12 in the Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Nadejdla, Love and Sophia. Alexander Filippovich was buried at the Miusskoye cemetery in Moscow.
Death famous person always causes a great public outcry and is widely discussed in the press. Every time we learn about the death of a celebrity, for some reason we feel our involvement in this tragedy. Perhaps because the face of this person often appeared on TV screens and newspapers. Today we decided to recall the iconic personalities in the history of Russian show business and tell you about Russian musicians who tragically passed away.
Ratmir Shishkov (1988− 2007)
Most recently on PEOPLETALK appeared , in which the aspiring rapper was a member Ratmir Shishkov. His death shocked all the fans and friends of the musician. The star of his fame faded as quickly as it lit up. Close friend (32) , member of the group Gang»He crashed to death in his car on March 23, 2007 in the very center of the capital.
In the Mercedes at the time of the collision with the Volkswagen at the intersection Sadovaya-Spasskaya street and Orlikova Lane there were five people. All of them, including Ratmir, died instantly from the explosion as a result of the ignition of gasoline in the car. The death of the singer was a real tragedy for the "manufacturers", because he did not live up to his 19th birthday just one day, and two hours after terrible disaster Ratmir had a daughter.
Igor Sorin (1969 − 1998)
In 1995, one of the most popular domestic musical groups « Ivanushki International ", in the initial composition of which was Igor Sorin. For three years, the young musician tried to find a use for his talent, but came to the conclusion that best solution will leave the team. On September 1, 1998, the singer was in the studio, working on the recording of his new solo album.
Sorin fell from the balcony of the sixth floor of this building, and to this day there are several versions of the cause of the singer's death. Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov(45), for example, believes that there was a manslaughter: Igor's neck was twisted and thrown out of the window to hide the circumstances of death, and some friends of the deceased believe that the matter is in a sect that threatened Sorin with reprisal and drove him to suicide.
Murat Nasyrov (1969− 2007)
« The boy wants to Tambov”- this song in the late 90s was sung by almost every second. The author of the immortal hit sang a duet with Alena Apina (51) and sometimes quarreled with the producers because of the iron principle to always and everywhere sing without a soundtrack. But the fate of this talented promising musician ordered the most cruel way.
December 13, 2007 Nasyrov fell from the balcony of his apartment Vuchetin street located on the fifth floor. The body was found on the sidewalk, in the hands Murat held a camera, hence there were suggestions that death was the result of an unsuccessful attempt to take a photograph. But the musician's daughter, who was next to him this tragic moment, stated that her father's death was the result of prolonged depression. This version became official.
Viktor Tsoi (1962 − 1990)
Russian rock legend− Viktor Tsoi was and remains the idol of millions of fans of the group's work " Cinema". Tsoi also starred in 14 films and received wide fame and love from the Russian public. The death of the singer, whose lines of songs are quoted to this day, took everyone by surprise and shocked everyone.
As a rule, the Soviet actor lived on a small salary, and after 1991, dozens of eminent stars were thrown to the sidelines of life without a livelihood. Next, the story will go about the fate Soviet artists who died in poverty and oblivion.
Alexey Smirnov
Actor Alexei Smirnov is one of those whose name no one remembers, but the film images are firmly remembered. Smirnov mostly starred in episodic, characteristic roles, but many of them are remembered by all Russian viewers. So, he played the rowdy Fedya in the film "Operation Y" and Shurik's Other Adventures, the mechanic Makarych in the film "Only Old Men Go to Battle", as well as many others. 
Alexey Smirnov - master of the comic episode
Smirnov could never build relationships with women, after being wounded in the war he became barren and therefore never married. Smirnov broke down after the death of his friend Leonid Bykov - he began to drink a lot, despite health problems. Soon he ended up in the hospital with coronary heart disease, but he could not give up alcohol there either.
He was discharged on May 7, 1979, and died the same day. National fame did not make him happy and did not bring him friends. On the grave to Smirnov long time no one went - it was overgrown with grass and for 25 years no one could find it. The burial place of Alexei Smirnov was discovered not so long ago quite by accident.
Alexander Belyavsky
One of the most elegant Soviet actors in his youth starred a lot, and mostly in the roles of "charming scoundrels" - what is the role of Fox in the mini-series "The meeting place cannot be changed" with Vladimir Vysotsky.
Alexander Belyavsky as Criminal Fox
The last film with the participation of Alexander Belyavsky was released in 2008, where he played a small role of the governor. It was the picture "Kiss not for the press" with Andrei Panin in leading role. In the last years of his life, he could not work actively - heart problems and the consequences of a stroke interfered. Alexander Borisovich walked with a cane, he did not feel very well. Due to the lack of work and a small pension, there was not enough money to live on.
Alexander Belyavsky in his later years
Belyavsky died in 2012. The artist was found under the windows of the house where he lived - Alexander Belyavsky fell out of the window. At first it was believed that he stopped in the stairwell to take a breath of air, and did not keep his balance. However, later friends and colleagues began to say that it was a conscious act, and the reason was a beggarly existence and health problems. Alexander Belyavsky was 80 years old.
Tatyana Samoilova
The star of the 60s, actress Tatyana Samoilova was considered one of the most beautiful women not only in Soviet, but also in European cinema. And the film with her participation - "The Cranes Are Flying" - received the "Palme d'Or" at the International Cannes Film Festival in 1958. The actress was recognized in the West, she began to receive invitations to shoot in Hollywood and from European directors.
Tatyana Samoilova in the film "The Cranes Are Flying"
However, Goskino officials did not want to let Samoilova go to work, fearing that she would become a "non-returner". AT Soviet time she had enough work in the USSR - among her paintings at that time there are, for example, Anna Karenina. Since the mid-70s, Tatyana Samoilova has completely disappeared from the screen. They remembered her only in the early 90s - they were invited to the 43rd Cannes Film Festival as an honored guest.
Tatyana Samoilova in her later years
Unfortunately, this did not become a reason for returning to the cinema. The first role after a 25-year break was offered to her only in 2000. After that, she played in only five films (for example, in the Moscow Saga with Olga Budina and Alexander Baluev). The actress herself said that if she lived in Hollywood, Anna Karenina alone would be enough for her to live comfortably all her life. Samoilova died alone in 2014.
Nonna Mordyukova
A truly people's artist Nonna Viktorovna Mordyukova starred a lot both in the Soviet and in the new, "capitalist" time. On her account there were roles in the films of Nikita Mikhalkov (“Relatives”), Vladimir Menshov (a bright episode in the farcical comedy “Shirley-Myrli” with Valery Garkalin), Georgy Danelia (“33”).
Nonna Mordyukova in her youth
However, national fame and demand, even in later years, had little effect on the quality of life. In 1999, she played her last film role - in the film "Mom" with a whole constellation of young actors. Her partners on the set in this film were Vladimir Mashkov, Evgeny Mironov and Oleg Menshikov.
Nonna Mordyukova in the film "Mom"
In an interview, Nonna Mordyukova restrainedly complained about the lack of money and the humiliating existence of a penny pension. At the end of her life, she shared with her sister a tiny cluttered apartment in Krylatskoye in Moscow. She was sick a lot, so she could not earn money on filming and concerts. She said that the pension was barely enough for the bare necessities, and sometimes she picks up a pineapple in the store - just to smell it. Nonna Mordyukova died in 2008 at the age of 82.
Borislav Brondukov
This actor is known for the small but well-remembered roles of Fedul from Afoni, Inspector Lestrade from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, fake Captain Kolbasiev from We Are From Jazz and many others.Borislav Brondukov suffered his first stroke in 1984, at the age of 46. Despite a serious diagnosis, he continued to act in films, tried to lead an active lifestyle. But the first stroke was followed by three more. The disease lasted for ten years, and in the last years of his life - after 1997 - the artist did not get out of bed, could not talk, he only cried sometimes from longing and humiliation. Life was hard.
Borislav Brondukov in his later years
Brondukov's wife Ekaterina said that young strong guys of gangster appearance periodically appeared in the house, who left her some money. The couple lived in the village of Bykovnya near Kyiv, where doctors even refused to go. At times there was absolutely nothing to eat, and then a familiar butcher gave the family of Borislav Brondukov bones - Catherine cooked thin soup from them. The actor died in 2004, he was 66 years old.
Vladimir Ivashov
The career of the Moscow actor Vladimir Ivashov began brilliantly - he starred in Grigory Chukhrai's film "The Ballad of a Soldier" when he was still a twenty-year-old student at VGIK. The actor was nominated for the prestigious British BAFTA award, and the monument to the Liberator Soldier in Bulgaria began to be called Alyosha in honor of his character.
The role of Vladimir Ivashov in the film "The Ballad of a Soldier" was awarded many awards
After the first starring role, there were others - the adjutant of Colonel Kudasov in the "Crown Russian empire”(The song“ Russian Field ”after that became the artist’s crown number), Pechorin in“ A Hero of Our Time ”(True, Vyacheslav Tikhonov voiced the role, since Ivashov temporarily lost his voice due to illness) and others. True, it seemed that in the cinema they simply exploited his appearance, and no one was interested in Ivashov's acting range.
In the early 90s, Vladimir Ivashov was not in demand in the cinema, he was fired from his job - from the Film Actor Theater. To earn a living, he got a job as a laborer: he dragged bricks at a construction site, kneaded concrete. In 1995, he died from internal bleeding - Vladimir Ivashov had a stomach ulcer. The actor was only 55 years old.
Tamara Nosova
People's Artist of the USSR Tamara Nosova performed mainly in a comic role. She graduated from VGIK in 1950 and has since starred a lot - though mostly in episodes. Among her famous roles are Aunt Aksal in the fairy tale "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", Donna Rosa in "Hello, I'm Your Aunt" with Alexander Kalyagin, Komarikha in "Wedding in Malinovka" with Mikhail Pugovkin.
Tamara Nosova in the film "Hello, I'm your aunt"
Tamara Nosova worked for a long time at the Film Actor Theater, was married three times. But all three marriages ended in divorce, and after the death of her mother in 1982, she withdrew into herself and began to lead an almost hermitic lifestyle. In 1991, she was “left” from the theater. In addition, the actress was sick: the diagnosis was “chronic ischemia of the heart”, which is usually accompanied by severe depression, weakening of memory and attention.
Tamara Nosova was a bright comic actress
In recent years, Tamara Nosova ate at a social canteen for the homeless, her pension was not even enough for rent. The toilet in the artist's apartment did not work for several years, rats scurried around the house. Nosova developed a craving for pathological hoarding - she pulled rubbish and garbage from the surrounding landfills into the apartment. The actress died in 2007, after lying on the floor in an apartment for several days after a stroke.
Tatyana Peltzer
The audience does not remember the young actress Tatyana Peltzer - it seems that she appeared on the movie screens immediately as a "national grandmother". This image was exploited both in cinema and theater directors.Tatyana Ivanovna Peltzer has dozens of roles, voiced cartoons, a huge number of theatrical works. Among them - the TV version of "The Marriage of Figaro" with Andrei Mironov in the title role, "You never dreamed of" with Lydia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, "Memorial Prayer" with Yevgeny Leonov and others.
Tatyana Peltzer joked that no one saw her young
Tatyana Peltzer lived long life, including professionally: until recently, she worked at the Lenkom Theater in the troupe of Mark Zakharov. Even when she began to develop senile dementia and the actress forgot the words, she had roles in the theater. In 1992, she ended up in a psychoneurological dispensary and broke her femoral neck there.
Tatyana Peltzer was buried next to her relatives
After the injury, the 88-year-old actress no longer got up. She died of pneumonia in March of that year. The press wrote that Tatyana Peltzer was buried in a closed coffin, as she was allegedly severely beaten in the hospital. There was no confirmation of these rumors.
Sergey Filippov
The artist Sergei Filippov was truly popular - many of the phrases that his characters uttered from the screen went to the people. Due to his specific appearance, Filippov's long, ungainly figure was mostly cast in comical small roles, especially in his mature years.
Sergey Filippov always dreamed of a bright tragic role, but he got ridiculous scoundrels
Among his roles is a drunk lecturer from Eldar Ryazanov's film "Carnival Night" ("Is there life on Mars - this is unknown to science!"), An episode in the comedy "Girl without an Address" ("What does Masik want? Masik wants vodka"), the role the Swedish ambassador in "Ivan Vasilievich" and, of course, the reference played by Kisa Vorobyaninov in the film adaptation of "12 Chairs" by Leonid Gaidai.
Filippov spent the last years of his life in solitude. Actor friends said that after the death of the actor, the daughter of his second wife took advantage of the turmoil and took everything of value from the apartment - antique furniture, jewelry and porcelain. At the same time, Alexander Demyanenko, a friend and colleague of Sergei Filippov, collected money for the funeral. Sergei Filippov was buried in April 1990.
Mikhail Kononov
Kononov began acting in films in the early sixties, but he gained the greatest popularity in the 70s after starring in the mini-series Big Break. There, Mikhail Kononov starred as the school teacher Nestor Severov, and Alexander Zbruev, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Savely Kramarov and others played with him.
Mikhail Kononov as Nestor Severov in the film "Big Break"
In the 80s, Kononov appeared as the pirate Rat in the cult TV movie "Guest from the Future". In the film, he, paired with Vyacheslav Innocent, chased Alisa Selezneva and the boy Kolya, who were trying to save the myelophone. Played with Mikhail Kononov bad joke his somewhat comical appearance. In later years, he was rarely filmed - this type was not in demand in the cinema of the 90s.
Mikhail Kononovthe role of the janitor Spiridon in the film "In the First Circle"
Kononov did not give up: he wrote a book of memoirs and tried to sell it, but the publishers showed no interest. Due to poverty, he had to sell his Moscow apartment and settle in the Moscow suburbs. Two weeks before his death, he went to the hospital with pneumonia, but there was not enough money for the necessary medicines. Kononov died in the summer of 2007 from a thromboembolism.
Acting fame is capricious, and the nature of the artists is subtle and sensitive. Many were crippled by the collapse Soviet Union and as a consequence - the commercialization of cinema. Often, artists drowned out poverty and humiliation with alcohol.