Bald actors who died this year. Celebrities who died too soon - photos

No matter how sad it may be, 2013 was the last year in their lives for all the celebrities whom you will see in the continuation of the recording. Let's remember who famous people passed away in 2013.

On this day, the famous Russian actor Andrei Panin died. The 50-year-old actor was found in his apartment; he no longer showed signs of life. The main version of Andrei's death is violent. He may have been severely beaten before he was killed. Experts recorded numerous injuries and traumatic brain injury.

On this day he passed away National artist Russia Valery Zolotukhin. In the winter of 2012, he was diagnosed with cancer, and on March 4, 2013, he was taken to intensive care. On March 14, doctors put him in an induced coma; according to them, the cancer was diagnosed at too late a stage, when the brain tumor had spread widely and was not operable. Valery Zolotukhin was 72 years old.

Margaret Thatcher died of a heart attack at the age of 88. The cause of her death was a heart attack. Her health had been deteriorating in recent years and she suffered several strokes, one of which resulted in death.

On May 18, at the age of 54, director Alexei Balabanov, who directed such films as “Brother” and “It Doesn’t Hurt Me,” passed away. The cause of his death was heart failure. His son in one of his interviews said that he would complete the film that his father began filming.

On this day, as a result of sudden cardiac arrest, he passed away American actor James Gandolfini. He was 51 years old.

On this day, the lead singer of the group King and the Jester, Mikhail Gorshenev, passed away. The death of the 39-year-old artist occurred in his home in St. Petersburg, and alcohol and drugs were officially recognized as the cause of his death. Information appeared in the press that a syringe was found in Mikhail’s hand, and a spoon lay next to it.

On November 30, a famous Hollywood actor, known to Russian audiences from the film “Fast and Furious,” died tragically. The actor died in a traffic accident in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Before it even began, 2013 was overshadowed by the losses of incredibly creative and beloved great people. Chronicle celebrities who died in 2013, we will lead in this topic.

Famous American singer 50s passed away on January 1, 2013. She has been a creative artist for fifty years and has sold more than one hundred million records worldwide. In recent years, the singer lived in a nursing home and died of heart failure at the age of 85.
The singer's most famous hit became an anthem for Tennessee. After a hiatus of almost thirty years, Page appeared on stage in 1988 and gave solo concert. In the early nineties, she opened her own recording studio and moved to live in San Diego. In 1998, the singer recorded her first live album, which was awarded a Grammy. This award was the first in her entire long career.
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Alexandrov, Yuri Vasilievich (October 13, 1963 - January 1, 2013)

Immediately after celebrating the New Year, Yuri Alexandrov passed away. The famous boxer, honored athlete of the USSR and multiple winner of many Olympics left the world at the age of 50. The athlete's heart failed at about 9 pm on January 1st. The doctors who arrived at the scene were unable to resuscitate Yuri. Alexandrov received Active participation V sports activities and was president All-Russian Federation professional boxers. The athlete was buried at Troekurovsky Cemetery.

Evgeny Georgievich Pepelyaev (March 18, 1918 - January 4, 2013)

On January 4, 2013, Evgeniy Georgievich Pepelyaev, a great fighter pilot who made unrealistic investments in the war with Korea and deservedly became a Hero of the USSR, passed away. The cause of death was a terrible and prolonged illness that the doctors at the military hospital could not cope with. Evgeniy Georgievich did not live to be 95 years old. The famous and fearless pilot has many magnificent battles and victories, as well as orders and medals for services to his homeland.

Hasano (1877 - 2013)

The long-liver, a citizen of Afghanistan, lived in the Wardak province of Shahidullah Shahed, where she was buried. She devoted her entire life to studying the principles of Islam and observing religious traditions. She died at the age of 136 and took the place of herself elderly woman not only in the country, but throughout the world. Hasano gave birth to seven daughters, two of whom have already passed away at the age of 68 and 70. The woman became the progenitor of four hundred and sixty-five family members. Before Hasano's death, it was read that the world record was forever assigned to the French woman Jeanne Kelman, who died at 122 years old. However, the county administration confirmed that the deceased Hasano was indeed 136 years old, and now she has become an honorary centenarian.

Kalyuzhny, Ivan Ivanovich (1941 - January 13, 2013)

At the age of 72 due to long illness Ivan Ivanovich Kalyuzhny has passed away. The honored coach of the USSR devoted the main part of his life (almost 40 years) to sports. He trained forty masters of sports in Greco-Roman wrestling, one honored master of sports and three world-class masters. Ivan Ivanovich devoted his entire life to educating the younger generation and developed sports with all his might. His students brought many medals and won the world and European championships more than once. In addition, Kalyuzhny I.I. was nominated for the award “Veteran of Labor” medal, an honorary badge for the development of culture and sports, the Order of “Honor” and the “Honorary Railwayman” badge.

Sophia Hack (June 14, 1971 – January 16, 2013)

The famous British actress Sophia Hack began her career in 1988. Then she achieved good results on stage as a singer. A year later she began acting in films. In addition to numerous castings, filming and social life, Sofia was a VJ on the famous music channel MTV. The film “Wanted” brought great popularity to the actress, where she played the role of Pooja. By 2013, Hak managed to star in fourteen films and win the love of many viewers. However, in January 2012 she was given a terrible diagnosis. Hack died at age 41 after weeks of battling cancer, severely complicated by pneumonia.

Sergei Nikolaevich Zabotin (May 5, 1936 - January 19, 2013)

Sergei Nikolaevich was born on May 5, 1936, and began his acting career at the age of seventy. In 2005, he moved to Moscow and successfully debuted in his first film. After that, he was actively involved in his creative promotion and over the last seven years of his life he managed to star in more than fifty projects. He mainly played roles in famous Russian television series. Before this, the actor worked in the Tashkent Youth Theater, where he not only won the hearts of the public, but also taught acting growing generation. On January 19, 2013, the actor died of a heart attack at the Baumanskaya metro station when he was going to his next screen test.

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Anna Litvinova (1983 - January 21, 2013)

Young and successful beauty, the representative of Russia at world beauty contests died on January 22 from an incurable and serious illness. Anna Litvinova was born in Kuzbass, achieved considerable success in the modeling business and received higher education linguist. After achieving success in beauty pageants hometown, she moved to the capital, where she continued her successful development in the modeling business. Anna received the title “Miss Russia 2006” and represented her country at the world competition. Taken by surprise terrible disease she died in one of the oncology clinics in Germany.

Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (January 23, 1946, Moscow - March 23, 2013)

Berezovsky was born on April 23, 1946 in Moscow. He was a famous Russian businessman and politician. At the end of his career, he immigrated to the UK, was accused of criminal fraud more than once, and was even sentenced to prison in absentia. He lived in the UK from 2003 until the end of his life. Berezovsky's death is still a mystery. His body was found in the bathroom of a house that belonged to his ex-wife. According to official data, he died due to strangulation. Any traces violent death was not found.

Panin Andrey Vladimirovich (May 28, 1962 - March 6, 2013)

Panin was born on May 28, 1962 in the city of Novosibirsk. Panin was a Soviet actor, he played great amount roles in theater and cinema. He received the Honored Artist of Russia award, the Nika award and many others. Andrei Panin is known for such film roles as “Brigada”, “Shadowboxing 1.2”, “Mama Don’t Cry”, and many others. Panin died on March 7, 2013; according to official data, the cause of his death was an accident. According to doctors, Andrei simply fell from his height after he became ill and hit his head. The outcome of such a blow was fatal.

Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin (June 21, 1941 - March 30, 2013)

Valery Zolotukhin was born on June 21, 1941 in the Altai Territory. Zolotukhin was a famous Soviet and Russian actor. At the end of his life from 2011 he was artistic director famous theater- Taganka Theater. The most bright roles Zolotukhin, which brought him huge success - “Master of the Taiga” and “Bumbarash”. As reported after his death, Zolotukhin stopped working in the theater in December 2012 due to feeling unwell. He died on March 30 in intensive care from a brain tumor. Farewell to the actor will take place only on April 2 at the Taganka Theater, where he has worked for the last few years.

Georgy Konstantinovich Guryanov (February 27, 1961—July 20, 2013)

Georgy Guryanov was born on February 27, 1961 in Leningrad - was Russian musician and an artist. Was a drummer legendary group Movie. Since 1990 he has worked as an artist and since 1993 he has been an honorary professor at the St. Petersburg New Academy. In recent years, he has been seriously ill with liver cancer. Died on July 20, 2013 in St. Petersburg.

Mikhail Yurievich Gorshenev (August 7, 1973 - July 19, 2013)

Mikhail Gorshenev was born on August 7, 1973 in the city of Boksitogorsk, Leningrad region. Famous Soviet and Russian rock musician, was the leader of the punk group “King and Jester”. He also became famous for his scandalous antics. The musician died in his home on the night of July 19 from heart failure.

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 by different poets, including Andrei Voznesensky, Rasul Gamzatov, Evgeny Dolmatovsky, Robert Rozhdestvensky and many others. Feltsman's hits were performed by masters 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, second, third and fourth class, for his outstanding contribution to the development of the Russian Federation. musical art and perennial creative activity, as well as the Order of Friendship for his great personal contribution to the development 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 Leningrad state institute theater he served first in 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 has become turning point in Van Cliburn's biography. After his triumph in Moscow, he acquired world 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 American Hall glory classical music. 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, with the rank of junior lieutenant, he graduated Military Academy Venezuela, 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, making Venezuela short term a respected 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. Among his stage works are roles in the plays "Three Sisters", " Stingy 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 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. 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 himself new image- Soviet film star Lyubov Orlova. In 2003, Mamyshev took part in 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.

The last exhibition of Mamyshev-Monroe “Polonium”, prepared jointly with photographer Grigory Polyakovsky, was held at the Moscow Museum contemporary 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 the key figures Russian politics 1990s, entrepreneur and scientist.

In 1989, Berezovsky became one of the founders of the Logovaz joint-stock company. 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 I dreamed of becoming an actor and in 1958 I entered the department musical comedy 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 "Missing Witness", historical picture"The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married a Blackamoor", the paintings "Night Watch" and " Day Watch", "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 countries former minister practically did not participate.

MAY

Balabanov Alexey Oktyabrovich

Alexey Balabanov. Photo: ITAR-TASS

In 1981, Balabanov graduated from the translation department of Gorky pedagogical institute, 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 University for the Humanities, 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 his doctorate historical sciences, and five years later became a professor. In 1992 he became an academician Russian Academy education. Schmidt is the author of more than 20 books, large quantity 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 a geophysicist, laureate State Prize USSR 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. Was awarded with orders Patriotic War 1st and 2nd degrees 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 solo album"I'm 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 “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, where for many years he wrote 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” was 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 Peskov’s essays, “Wanderings,” was published, where the journalist talks about East Africa, Hungary and the Alps. In 1994 it was published last book"Alaska is bigger than you think."

Despite the 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, People's Artist of 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 Theater school them. 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 big screen in the role of Prince Myshkin in the film "The Idiot" novel of the same name 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.

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Nelson Mandela

Former South African President Nelson Mandela dies

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

The designer died small arms Mikhail Kalashnikov

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 put into service at the beginning of 1949 Soviet army. 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.

Invites us to remember the tragic deaths of famous people that have amazed us over the past 10 years.

Zhanna Friske

Two years of struggle with an inoperable brain tumor, support from friends, colleagues and fans, hope for a miracle - everything ended in June of this year, when the singer, young mother and wife Zhanna Friske died without regaining consciousness.

Michael Jackson

Just like his life, the death of the King of Pop was shrouded in speculation and intrigue. The investigation into the death of the artist was carried out by the police and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case lasted two years, and in November 2011, Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter: the cardiologist injected the artist with too large a dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. The doctor was sentenced to 4 years in prison, but was released early in 2013.

Whitney Houston

On the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony, the singer was found unconscious in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The cause of death was the use of a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and a sedative, as a result of which Whitney’s heart gave out and she drowned unconscious in the bathroom.

Roman Trakhtenberg

TV presenter and showman Roman Trakhtenberg died of a heart attack, which, according to doctors, could have been caused by sudden weight loss.

Paul Walker

Ironically, actor Paul Walker, racer and star of the Fast and the Furious car franchise, died in a car accident along with his friend Roger Rodas, who lost control of the Porsche.

Vladimir Turchinsky

The famous athlete and TV presenter died of a heart attack.

Heath Ledger

Another victim of drugs is Heath Ledger, who mixed painkillers, sleeping pills and tranquilizers. The body of the 28-year-old actor was found in his Manhattan apartment.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman struggled with heroin addiction for many years. He suffered from the habit back in his student years, but was able to overcome himself and did not use any drugs for 20 years. In 2012, people began to talk in celebrity circles that Hoffman had returned to bad habits, experiencing a tense relationship with his wife Marianne O'Donnell.

Murat Nasyrov

The “boy” who sang about love jumped from the balcony of his apartment while in a state of prolonged depression. No traces of alcohol or drugs were found in the singer’s body.

Robin Williams

For many years, the actor suffered from severe depression. He struggled with other demons as well, as he was addicted to drugs and alcohol back in the late 1970s. A terrible blow for Robin Williams was the death of his close friend, actor John Belushi, in March 1982. Belushi died of an overdose, and Robin himself never touched the drugs after that. It was much more difficult to overcome the passion for alcohol. The period of abstinence lasted as much as 20 years, but several months before his suicide, Williams began drinking again due to depression, presumably caused by developing Parkinson's disease. In August last year, the actor hanged himself.

Amy Winehouse

The legendary Amy joined the infamous "27 Club" four years ago. The singer, who lived on the edge, died due to alcohol poisoning: the level of alcohol in her blood exceeded the maximum permissible concentration five times.

Vladislav Galkin

The star of the “Saboteur” franchise died at the age of 38 from cardiac arrest. The doctors who performed the autopsy made a clear conclusion: Galkin’s body was worn out due to nervous exhaustion and alcohol abuse.

Alexander McQueen

The designer hanged himself, grieving the death of his mother, who was the couturier’s closest friend. The text of McQueen's suicide note has not yet been revealed.

Brittany Murphy

The 32-year-old actress suffered cardiac arrest. The cause of the tragedy was a severe form of pneumonia - acute pneumonia, complicated by an overdose of drugs.

Andrei Panin

Forensic experts who examined the body of the deceased actor had speculation about Panin’s murder. A criminal case was opened into the death of the artist, which, however, was closed at the beginning of this year for lack of evidence of a crime. The cause of Panin's death still remains a mystery.

Mikhail Gorshenev

The heart of the leader of the punk band “The King and the Jester” could not stand it: the artist abused alcohol and morphine.

Steve Jobs

In October 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The founder of Apple tried to fight the disease with the help of a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbal medicine and refused the intervention of surgeons. In July 2004, Jobs agreed to undergo surgery, but at the same time he was diagnosed with liver metastases. Chemotherapy did not give promising results, and due to painkillers and immunosuppressants, Jobs’s physical and moral condition was weakened, but he continued to work and fight the disease. In August 2011, Jobs announced his resignation as CEO of Apple, and in October he passed away.

Gennady Bachinsky

The famous Maximum radio presenter died in a car accident in the Tver region after driving into the oncoming lane.

Patrick Swayze

Pancreatic cancer also claimed the life of actor Patrick Swayze. As in the case of Jobs, Swayze's condition worsened with liver metastases.

Alexander Abdulov

Doctors who observed famous actor, agree that the cause of lung cancer was long-term smoking.

Batyrkhan Shukenov

The founder and ex-soloist of the group "A" Studio died of a heart attack and was buried in his homeland - in Kazakhstan.

Unfortunately, James Gandolfini, Paul Walker, Yuri Yakovlev, Ilya Oleynikov died in 2013.

James Gandolfini has died.

51-year-old Italian-American film actor James Gandolfini died on June 19, 2013. Those who, like me, adore the Sopranos series, in which James played mafia boss Tony Soprano, will forever remember James as one of the best and brightest actors.

James Gandolfini and Tony Soprano have died

And I personally don't want to know what happened after Meadow walked into the cafe.

James died in the bathroom of a hotel room in Rome. After the autopsy they named official reason- myocardial infarction.

Paul Walker died in a car accident.

40-year-old film actor Paul Walker, known to many from the film Fast and Furious, died in a car accident in a suburb north of Los Angeles. Despite the fact that Paul Walker performed some of the stunts in the movie Fast and the Furious himself since the very first part of the Fast and the Furious and was a fan of racing, he died in the passenger seat.

His friend was driving the car at the time of the collision.

Walker was involved in an accident in the city of Santa Clarita, where he had come to participate in a car show, the purpose of which was to raise funds to help those affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. At the time of the accident, he was driving a friend's Porsche Carrera GT. The driver at some point lost control of the car, which glided, hit a lamppost, and then crashed into a tree and caught fire. Walker and his friend died at the scene.

During these days, the filming of Fast and Furious 7 was underway. Not all scenes with Paul Walker were filmed, and in those scenes where Paul was required, he was replaced with a digital double.

Yuri Yakovlev died.

The famous film actor in the USSR, Yuri Yakovlev, who lived for 85 years, died on November 30, 2013. We know him from the films Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! ", "Kin-dza-dza" and others.

His last role was in the film “Irony of Fate 2”, where he played the same Hippolytus.

Having lost consciousness, he was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness. The cause of death is said to be pulmonary edema or heart attack.

Ilya Oleynikov died.

Ilya Oleinikov (real name Ilya Lvovich Klyaver) is known to us as a participant in the famous humorous program “town”, even at a time when there was no YouTube, and there were only 4 channels on TV.

Ilya died at the age of 65 from pneumonia. A common cold has developed into serious illness, he also had a problem with blood vessels and underwent chemotherapy.