Artists who left this year. Paul Walker, Heath Ledger, Cory Monteith, Vladislav Galkin - actors who died young

Let's remember in last days of the passing year about those actors who passed away this year.

Balon Vladimir Yakovlevich (02/23/1937 - 02/02/2013)

Vladimir Balon was born in St. Petersburg. He is a professional athlete, master of sports, champion of the USSR among juniors in foil fencing. Graduated from the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Education. In 1958-1961 he was the head coach of the DSO Dynamo, then the coach of CSKA.

He moved to Moscow in the early 60s. Balon was invited to the cinema by Eldar Ryazanov to stage fights and stunts in the film “The Hussar Ballad”. In it, Balon played his first role - Kutuzov’s adjutant. Then the actor starred in episodes of the films “Give me a complaint book”, “Nikolai Bauman”, “Circus Princess”, “Insolence”, “Petka in Space” and others, worked as stunt coordinators in such films as “A Year Like Life”, “They’re calling, open the door,” “Watch out for the car.” In the latter, Ryazanov tested Balon for the role of Semitsvetov, which eventually went to Andrei Mironov. He taught how to handle a sword to Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of Detochkin, as well as the four musketeers in the film "D" Artagnan and the Three Musketeers.

Most famous work Balon became the role of d'Artagnan's main enemy - the captain of the guards of Cardinal Jussac in the film "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" by Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich. In life, Boyarsky and Balon were best friends. The actor also became a stunt director in the sequels to films about the adventures of the musketeers ("The Musketeers Twenty Years Later", "The Secret of Queen Anne, or The Musketeers Thirty Years Later", "The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin").
In the late 80s, to stage the fencing scenes in Midshipmen, Go! Balon was invited by Svetlana Druzhinina. In the film, he also played the role of the Chevalier de Brillie's servant, Jacques.

He died on February 2, 2013 in the Botkin Hospital in Moscow from cancer. Mikhail Boyarsky, who was friends with Vladimir Balon for 40 years, said that the actor looked great before his death: terrible disease did not destroy his will, he awaited his inevitable death with dignity - for example, he was always perfectly shaven. Vladimir Balon was buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Sergachev Viktor Nikolaevich (11/24/1934 - 02/26/2013)

Viktor Nikolaevich Sergachev was born at Borzya station (now Trans-Baikal Territory).
After graduation high school entered the Moscow Art Theater School on the course of P. V. Massalsky, from which he graduated in 1956. Afterwards he was accepted into the troupe Central Theater Soviet army, in which he served only 1 season: back in 1955, the artist became one of the 6 founders of the Sovremennik Theater. In 1957, the actor made his debut as a director, staging the play “In Search of Joy” with Oleg Efremov based on the play by V. Rozov. In 1971, following Oleg Efremov, Viktor Sergachev moved to the Moscow Art Theater. After the division of the theater, which occurred in 1987, he served at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

His first notable film role was the role of a local police officer in the film “The End of the World.” In 1996, Viktor Sergachev staged his own dramatization of F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” at the Moscow Art Theater, playing the role of the Author and Porfiry Petrovich in the play. He starred in 80 films, including “The Lost Expedition”, “Golden River”, “This Merry Planet”, “Three Fat Men”, “Three Poplars on Plyushchikha”.

Viktor Sergachev is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, has the Order of Friendship for many years of fruitful activity in the field theatrical arts and in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Moscow Art Museum academic theater, Order of Honor, which the artist received for his services in the field of culture and art and many years of fruitful work.

Viktor Sergachev died at the Research Institute named after. N.V. Sklifosovsky in Moscow on February 26, 2013 from aortic rupture. On March 1, the artist was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

Panin Andrey Vladimirovich (05/28/1962 - 03/06/2013)

Born on May 28, 1962 in Novosibirsk, grew up in the city of Kemerovo. In Kemerovo he graduated from the directing department of the Institute of Culture. The actor worked for some time at the Minusinsk Theater. In 1991 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (workshop of Alexander Kalyagin) and became an actor at the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov.

Among his stage works are “Three Sisters” (Salty), “ Stingy Knight", "Marriage", performance by the Tabakov Theater Studio " Deadly number", the acclaimed production of "Winter" by Evgeniy Grishkovets, the sensational "Academy of Laughter" and "Three on a Swing" at the Pushkin Theater.

Andrei Panin played one of his first film roles in the film “In a Straight Line.” The actor gained fame thanks to the films “Mom, Don’t Cry”, “Mama”, and the television series “Kamenskaya” and “Border. Taiga Romance”. Mass popularity came to the actor after the television series “Brigade” (2002), where he masterfully played the role of a corrupt policeman who went into deep crime in the early 1990s. In total, he starred in more than 70 films, including “Wedding,” “24 Hours,” “Driver for Vera,” “Shadowboxing,” “Blind Man’s Bluff.” One of recent roles- Watson in the Russian TV series “Sherlock Holmes”.

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Winner of the “Crystal Turandot” award for the play “Deadly Number”. Winner of the "Seagull" award in the category "Best Villain" for the role of the Baron in the play "Little Tragedies" in 1996. Winner of the "Seagull" award in the "Double Impact" category - best theater duet (with Nikolai Fomenko) for the play "Academy of Laughter" in 2001. Award “Idol of the Year” for the role of Tsubaki in “Academy of Laughter”, as well as for the role of Garkusha in the film “Wedding” in 2001.
Winner of the Triumph youth award for 2001. Awarded the Nika and Golden Aries film awards, winner of prizes at the Window to Europe and Constellation festivals.

Died in Moscow. The body of Andrei Panin with a head wound was found in his apartment (accident, hit his head). He was buried at Troekurovskoye Cemetery.

Zolotukhin Valery Igorevich (06/21/1941 - 03/30/2013)

Born on June 21, 1941 in the village of Bystry Istok, Altai region. As a child he had to endure serious illness. For several years he lay chained to a bed. Until the tenth grade I walked on crutches. And yet he believed that he would become an actor. After school, leaving the village, for the first time in his life he boarded a train and went to Moscow to enroll in Theatre Institute. Graduated with flying colors from GITIS department musical comedy(1963). He played at the Mossovet Theater (1963-1964). Since 1964 he played at the Taganka Theater, becoming one of its brightest and most talented actors. From October 2011 to March 2013 there was artistic director Theater on Taganka.

Actively acted in films, he gained the greatest fame for his role as district police officer Serezhkin in the trilogy “Master of the Taiga”, “Missing Witness and Preliminary Investigation”, as well as roles in the films “Bumbarash”, “The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married the Arab”, “ Little Tragedies", "Night Watch" and " Day Watch"(2005).

Died of brain cancer in Russian center X-ray radiology in Moscow (I was in a coma for two weeks). He was buried on April 5 at home.

Mamaev Viktor Viktorovich (03/17/1955 - 05/13/2013)

Viktor Mamaev was born on March 17, 1955. In 1979 he graduated from GITIS. He starred in films by Sergei Bondarchuk, such as “Boris Godunov” and “ Quiet Don", while he helped the director as an assistant in organizing crowd scenes. For his role in the film “Father and Son” he was awarded State Prize THE USSR. In films, he mainly played the roles of strong guys, builders of communism, military sailors, and simply strong men.

Since 1979, he has staged 47 performances and directed the Russians theater studio (1979-1996). In 1980 he became co-director of XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. It is believed that it was he who launched the Olympic Bear into the sky. In 1981, Mamaev was awarded the title of “People’s Artist” of the RSFSR, which he refused in 1992 after the collapse of the USSR.

In the last years of his life, Viktor Viktorovich courageously fought a serious illness: doctors diagnosed him with cancer in the last stage. On May 14 he was found dead in his apartment in Moscow.

Bogunova, Natalia Vasilievna (04/8/1948 - 08/9/2013)

The actress was born on April 8, 1948 in Leningrad. Studied in Leningradsky choreographic school them. A. Vaganova. She started acting in films at the age of 11 (the film “Introduction”, directed by Igor Talankin). In 1970 she graduated from VGIK (workshop of Boris Babochkin). After graduating from VGIK, Natalia began working at the theater. Mossovet, where Lyubov Orlova shone then. Bogunova worked at the theater for 17 years.

The actress's track record includes several dozen film roles - main and episodic: Daisy ("Running on the Waves"), Inga ("Goodbye, boys"), Snegurochka ("Snow Maiden" Spring Tale"), musician's bride ("Smart Things"), ballerina ("Grand Pas").

But she is especially remembered for the film “Big Break,” which is still popular today, where she played main role Svetlana Afanasyevna, teacher of Russian language and literature. “Big Change” broke all imaginable popularity records. Bogunova was not given access on the street or in transport, and everyone was sure that she was really the wife of actor Alexander Zbruev. Her last small film work was the role of a postmistress in the film “Running on the Sunny Side” in 1992. Since then, the actress has not acted.

She died while on vacation on the island of Crete, Greece, the cause of death was myocardial infarction.

Martsevich, Eduard Evgenievich (12/29/1936 - 10/12/2013)

Eduard Martsevich was born on December 29, 1936 in Tbilisi. In his childhood, Eduard Martsevich was involved in various clubs: dancing, singing, artistic reading, dramatic. Graduated Theater school them. M. S. Shchepkina (1959). Martsevich's high-profile debut was playing the role of Hamlet on theater stage. The actor played at the Mayakovsky Theater and the Maly Theater, acted a lot in films, more than 70 roles, in particular in the films “Fathers and Sons”, “War and Peace”, “TASS is authorized to declare...”, “An Ideal Husband”, “ Red tent." In 1987, Martsevich was awarded the title " National artist Russia." One of Martsevich's last film works was Sergei Solovyov's film Anna Karenina.

On October 2, in serious condition, he was urgently hospitalized in the department of acute endotoxicosis of the Institute named after. Sklifosovsky with liver cirrhosis. Died on October 12, 2013, without regaining consciousness

Aroseva Olga Alexandrovna (12/21/1925 - 10/13/2013)

Olga Aroseva was born in Moscow in the family of the famous Bolshevik and diplomat Alexander Aroseva. Olga spent her childhood abroad - in Paris, Stockholm and Prague. In 1933, the Arosev family returned to Moscow. IN school years participated in the school drama club, studied in the nursery theater studio Klyuchnikova.

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War Olga Aroseva entered the circus school, and then, like her sister, to the Moscow City Theater School. But she did not have time to finish it, because in 1946 she was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. In 1950, Olga Aroseva returned to Moscow and entered the Moscow Satire Theater. During her long and fruitful artistic career in the theater, she played many roles, and all of them were played with comedic brilliance and amazing accuracy.

Olga Aroseva made her film debut in 1948 in the film “Precious Grains.” Then there were the paintings “You and I met somewhere...”, “Girl without an address” and others. But her first big success in cinema was the role of Lyuba in Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy “Beware of the Car.”
In total, the actress has more than 40 roles, among which one cannot fail to note her work in the tragicomedy "Intervention", in the musical comedy "Trembita", in the comedies "Old Robbers" and " Incredible adventures Italians in Russia." Since the 80s, working in films became an extremely rare occurrence for Aroseva; she almost completely switched to the theater.

Olga Aroseva's role in the television program "Zucchini "13 Chairs" brought national fame. She was a trendsetter and an enterprising " socialite“Mrs. Monika was loved by the whole country. In 1976, on the 10th anniversary of the zucchini, the Polish government awarded all participants and leaders of the program the title “Honored Worker of Culture of Poland.”

Another page in creative biography Olga Aroseva's work is in animation. Her voice is also used by the eccentric Baba Yaga from the series of Olympic cartoons “Baba Yaga Vs” and Mrs. Belladonna from “The Adventures of Pig Funtik”.

People's Artist of Russia Olga Aleksandrovna Aroseva was awarded the Order of Honor and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. She is a laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR in 1977.

IN last years In her life she struggled with a serious cancer disease. At the end of the summer of 2013, I became seriously ill. Olga Aleksandrovna Aroseva died on October 13, 2013 in the Moscow region.

Yakovlev Yuri Vasilievich (04/25/1928 - 11/30/2013)

Yuri Yakovlev was born in Moscow into the family of a lawyer. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Yakovlev family was evacuated to Ufa, where 13-year-old Yuri worked with his mother in a hospital. In 1943, the Yakovlevs returned to Moscow. The future actor studied at night school and worked as an assistant mechanic in a garage to help his family.

In 1948 he entered VGIK, but failed entrance exams— the selection committee issued a verdict of “non-cinogenic.” However, then the future popularly beloved theater and film actor was accepted into the famous Theater School named after B. Shchukin. After graduating in 1952, Yakovlev joined the troupe of the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked for the rest of his life.
Yuri Yakovlev played more than 70 roles on the theater stage.

The actor began acting in films in 1956. Yakovlev's track record includes more than 100 roles. Fame came to Yuri Yakovlev in 1958, when he played Prince Myshkin in the film version of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot, directed by Ivan Pyryev. The years 1960-1980 became the most fruitful and vibrant in Yakovlev’s biography. The actor created memorable, voluminous, multifaceted images.

Yakovlev won audience love for his roles in the films of Eldar Ryazanov - Lieutenant Rzhevsky in “The Hussar Ballad” (1962) and Ippolit in the television film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” (1975). In addition, among the most memorable works of Yakovlev by the audience is the comedy by Leonid Gaidai “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession”, where the actor played two roles at once - the house manager Bunshi and Tsar Ivan the Terrible, as well as the film by Georgy Danelia “Kin-dza-dza”, in which Yakovlev starred with Evgeny Leonov and Stanislav Lyubshin.

Yuri Vasilievich was awarded many honorary awards. In 1976 he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR. He also won the Chekhov Medal, the Crystal Turandot Award and the winner of the Golden Masks competition. For outstanding creative and scientific contributions to artistic culture Russia was awarded the Presidential Prize of the Russian Federation.

Yuri Yakovlev died after a serious long illness in a Moscow hospital, where the actor was taken after fainting. Yuri Yakovlev is buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Norbert Georg Kuhinke (01/1/1940 - 12/3/2013)

Kuchinke was born on January 1, 1940 in Schwarzwaldau in Silesia (now Czarny-Bur, Poland), where many repatriates from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia lived. Until 1957 he studied at a Russian school. I mastered the Russian language quite well.

Since 1973, Kuhinke was the first Moscow correspondent for Der Spiegel magazine.

In the Soviet Union he became known for his role as a witty professor - Slavist from Denmark Bill Hansen, which he played in Georgy Danelia's film "Autumn Marathon". After that I played a few more episodic roles foreigners in such films as “Two Chapters from a Family Chronicle”, “Boris Godunov”, “Nastya”, “Where Do Children Come From?” From his pen came the following books: “God in Russia”, “Russia under the Cross”, “ Eternal Russia", "From Genghis Khan to Gorbachev."

Took Active participation in the construction of the Orthodox St. George Monastery in Götschendorf (Germany). Kukhinka was awarded two orders of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow for cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church. According to Father Daniel, Norbert, a deeply devout Catholic, has been for long years"was great friend Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church.

He died in the capital's clinic in Berlin after a long illness.

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 a famous person died Russian actor Andrei Panin. 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, People's Artist of Russia Valery Zolotukhin passed away. 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, American actor James Gandolfini passed away as a result of sudden cardiac arrest. 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.

Time flows like water, and every year brings us many bitter losses. 2013 was no exception. Actors, musicians, politicians - for many of them it was the last. We invite you to remember the famous people who left us this year and once again think about how short our lives are.

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Famous designer small arms Mikhail Kalashnikov died in Izhevsk. He was in intensive care for more than a month with a diagnosis of stomach bleeding, and earlier this year he underwent treatment in Moscow. His condition caused concern among doctors.

In 2012, Mikhail Timofeevich’s health began to deteriorate due to old age. According to Kalashnikov's reviewer Nikolai Shklyaev, the designer felt worse in March 2012, after which he stopped working. In December, he was hospitalized at the Republican Clinical Diagnostic Center (RCDC) of Udmurtia for a routine examination, where he died.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu expressed condolences to the family and friends of Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is reported that the funeral of the legendary gunsmith will be supervised by the Head of Udmurtia, Alexander Volkov.

According to regulations, he will be buried at the Federal War Memorial Cemetery.

Former President of South Africa and Laureate Nobel Prize world Nelson Mandela died at home in Johannesburg after a long illness. Human rights activist and ex-president suffered from a lung infection.

In early June, Mandela was hospitalized with a relapse of the disease. In November, the South African government confirmed that he was in a stable critical condition. In early September, it became known that 95-year-old Nelson Mandela had been discharged from the hospital and would continue treatment at home. Before Mandela's death for a long time was in a vegetative state - he stopped recognizing and understanding his relatives, did not speak or perceive speech. Doctors suggested that the family remove him from life-sustaining devices, but the relatives refused.

Mandela's death was announced by South African President Jacob Zuma. Zuma said: “He left quietly at about 8.50pm on December 5 in the presence of relatives. Our nation has lost a great son." The funeral took place in the ancestral village of Qgunu on December 15, 2013.

People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yakovlev died in hospital at the age of 85 on the night of November 30 in the hospital where he was taken after fainting.

In recent years, Yakovlev has not acted in films (his final film role was the aged Ippolit in the sequel to “The Irony of Fate”), and he only played in the theater in the multi-layered “Pier.” A few weeks before his death, on November 5, at last time appeared in public, attending the award ceremony of the Artist Foundation.

A friend of the Yakovlev family said that the actor became ill a week before his death. Yuri Yakovlev was going to a performance and fainted right on the street. The actor got up on his own, returned home and did not call the doctors. A few days later he lost consciousness for the second time, and this time there was no need for an ambulance.

The farewell took place at the Vakhtangov Theater. The actor's funeral took place in Moscow, on December 3 at the Novodevichy cemetery.

The Fast and the Furious star, American actor and model Paul Walker died in a car accident in California. 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. Paul Walker was buried on December 14, 2013 in Glendale, California.

At the same time, fans of the movie "Fast and Furious" claim that famous actor is alive, and the story of his alleged death could have been a PR stunt to promote the seventh film in the famous franchise. According to those who do not believe in the official version of the actor’s death, the whole story with the alleged death of 40-year-old Walker was simply a publicity stunt to promote the new film “Fast and Furious 7,” which was supposed to be released in June next year.

Fast and Furious fans are finding more and more evidence that Paul Walker is alive and well. The fact is that in the case of the death of Paul Walker, many inconsistencies were found - the front and rear license plates of the car do not match, in the posthumous photograph of Paul Walker he has a wound on his face, and official version the bodies were badly burned, and there were other strange facts.

The leader of the punk group “King and the Jester” Mikhail Gorshenev died suddenly on the night of July 18-19, 2013 at house number 5 on Ozerkovsky Avenue in St. Petersburg. The musician's body was found in his house by his wife. The police, examining the corpse, found a syringe and a spoon next to it, which indicates that Gorshenev had taken drugs. Previously, information appeared in the media that the leader of the “King and the Jester” had problems with drugs. However, the artist himself claimed that he was able to get rid of his addiction.

Later, one of the band’s musicians reported that Gorshenev died of acute heart failure. Doctors determined that the musician’s heart stopped due to severe intoxication. They found two ppm in his blood. This indicates that he must have drunk alcohol in a short time, equal in quantity to several liters of beer. “This is a huge burden on the heart,” noted narcologist Viktor Grigoriev.

The civil memorial service for Mikhail Gorshenev took place on Monday, July 22, 2013, at the Yubileiny sports complex in St. Petersburg. The body was cremated, the ashes were planned to be scattered, since Mikhail was against any burial rites, but on August 1 the ashes were buried in the main alley of the Theological Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

American actor, star of the series “The Sopranos,” died on July 19 in Rome. While on vacation with his 13-year-old son Michael in Italy, Gandolfini collapsed in the bathroom of his hotel room around 10 p.m. local time. Michael called for help, an ambulance was called, and Gandolfini was taken to the Policlinico Umberto I hospital. Already in the car, he underwent resuscitation procedures, which lasted for 40 minutes even after arriving at the hospital.

After unsuccessful attempts at resuscitation, James Gandolfini was pronounced dead at approximately 11:20 p.m. on June 19. According to Professor Claudio Modini, the actor's heart stopped. An autopsy was performed on June 21, which determined official reason Gandolfini's death - myocardial infarction.

Gandolfini's death caused a wide resonance in the world media, and many of the actor's colleagues simply could not believe what had happened. On June 26, all Broadway theaters turned off the lights for one minute in order to honor the memory of the departed artist. On June 27, a farewell ceremony was held for Gandolfini in the New York Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, which was attended by almost the entire key cast of “The Sopranos.”

Russian film director Balabanov died suddenly at the age of 55 from a heart attack while working on another script in the Dunes sanatorium in the village of Solnechnoye, Leningrad Region.

As the director’s relatives told RIA Novosti, he had an attack and fainted. Relatives tried to help Balabanov, but to no avail; he died without regaining consciousness. He was 54 years old. One of the director’s friends told the Interfax agency that Balabanov had long been diagnosed with a serious chronic disease, which only his closest people knew about. Later, a medical examination established the cause of death of director Alexei Balabanov. According to doctors, he died of acute heart failure.

The civil funeral service at Lenfilm was not held at the will of the director. The funeral service took place on May 21 in the Prince Vladimir Cathedral. Alexei Balabanov was buried on the same day at the Smolensk cemetery.

Former Prime Minister Great Britain Margaret Thatcher was seriously ill in recent years. On December 21, 2012, she underwent surgery to remove a bladder tumor. Thatcher died in the early hours of 8 April 2013, aged 87, at the Ritz Hotel in central London, where she had been staying since being discharged from hospital in late 2012. The cause of death was stroke.

The funeral service took place at St Paul's Cathedral in London with full military honours. Back in 2005, Thatcher drew up a detailed plan for her funeral, and preparations for it have been going on since 2007 - all events in which the Queen takes part are planned in advance. At her funeral, according to plan, the “Iron Lady” wanted to see Queen Elizabeth II, members royal family, as well as the largest political figures of the Thatcher era, including ex-USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev (could not attend for health reasons). After the funeral service, cremation took place, and the ashes, according to the will of the deceased, were buried next to her husband Denis in the cemetery of a military hospital in London's Chelsea district. The funeral took place on April 17 and cost £6 million.

Thatcher's opponents, of whom there were also many, wildly celebrated and held street parties in honor of the death of the ex-prime minister. At the same time, the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” from the film “The Wizard of Oz,” released in 1939, was performed. In the April days of 2013, the song became popular again and took second place in the official UK single chart.

People's Artist of Russia Valery Zolotukhin has not worked since December 2012; since then he has been hospitalized several times; as a result of an examination, glioblastoma was diagnosed. On March 5, the actor was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Russian Scientific Center for Radiology. On March 14, it became known that doctors put him into an artificial (medically induced) coma.

On the morning of March 30, the 71-year-old artist died from complications caused by a brain tumor. Farewell to Valery Zolotukhin took place on April 2 at the Taganka Theater, on April 4 in Barnaul, in Youth Theater Altai; On April 5, the actor was buried, according to his will, on the territory of the Temple of the Intercession, built with his savings. Holy Mother of God in the village of Bystry Istok in Altai, where he was born.

Fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who spent recent years living in the UK, died in a London suburb. Berezovsky's body was found on March 23, 2013, lying supine on the floor in a locked bathroom in a house belonging to his ex-wife Galina. According to news agencies, death occurred on the same day at 11 a.m. local time.

On March 23, police officers were working at Berezovsky’s house in London, arriving on a report of his death. According to the Thames Police Department's post-mortem report released on March 26, Berezovsky died as a result of hanging, with no signs of a struggle found. According to the newspaper The Guardian, during the autopsy it was also discovered that Berezovsky had a broken rib.

On March 28, a coroner's investigation into the circumstances of Berezovsky's death began in London. During the hearing, Detective Mark Bissell announced that a knot of cloth was tied around the deceased's neck when the body was discovered by a security guard. In this case, one end of the material was tightened around the neck of the corpse, and the second was attached to the bar of the shower curtain. At the same time, the police did not rule out the involvement of a “third party” in Berezovsky’s death. A number of independent observers emphasize that not a single posthumous photograph of Berezovsky has been published anywhere.

The body of the 50-year-old actor was found at about 11 a.m. on March 7 in his apartment on Balaklavsky Avenue, in the south of Moscow. Forensic experts who examined the body concluded that it was impossible to receive such wounds by accident, and that the actor was killed.

Panin was found lying on the floor in his apartment, and, as experts initially believed, he fell from his own height and hit his head. The first preliminary cause of his death was loss of blood, but the day after mysterious death Panin's forensic experts came to the conclusion that before his death, the artist was severely beaten, his face was disfigured, and bruises were found on his knees. According to sources from the medical bureau, Panin most likely resisted and wounded the killer. Strange sounds and groans were also heard by neighbors who did not pay due attention to them.

Farewell to the artist took place on March 12 at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater School-Studio, and later a funeral service was held at the Church of the Resurrection of the Word in Bryusovsky Lane. Panin was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. In April 2013 Panin was posthumously awarded the Nika Prize in the category “Best Supporting Actor”.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from cancer. Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced Chavez's death on national television. The immediate cause of death was a massive heart attack.

On March 8, Nicolas Maduro said that Chavez’s body would be embalmed, but on March 14, the Venezuelan authorities, after consultations with Russian specialists refused this. The Comandante is buried in the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with Chavez's body is placed in a marble sarcophagus and placed on a pedestal in the shape of a flower, surrounded by water.

The famous small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov died in Izhevsk. He was in intensive care for more than a month with a diagnosis of stomach bleeding, and earlier this year he underwent treatment in Moscow. His condition caused concern among doctors.

In 2012, Mikhail Timofeevich’s health began to deteriorate due to his advanced age. According to Kalashnikov's reviewer Nikolai Shklyaev, the designer felt worse in March 2012, after which he stopped working. In December, he was hospitalized at the Republican Clinical Diagnostic Center (RCDC) of Udmurtia for a routine examination, where he died.

According to regulations, he will be buried at the Federal War Memorial Cemetery.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from cancer. Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced Chavez's death on national television. The immediate cause of death was a massive heart attack.

On March 8, Nicolas Maduro said that Chavez’s body would be embalmed, but on March 14, the Venezuelan authorities, after consultations with Russian experts, refused this. The Comandante is buried in the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with Chavez's body is placed in a marble sarcophagus and placed on a pedestal in the shape of a flower, surrounded by water.

Panin was found lying on the floor in his apartment, and, as experts initially believed, he fell from his own height and hit his head. The first preliminary cause of his death was loss of blood, but the day after Panin’s mysterious death, forensic experts concluded that before his death the artist was severely beaten, his face was disfigured, and bruises were found on his knees. According to sources from the medical bureau, Panin most likely resisted and wounded the killer. Strange sounds and groans were also heard by neighbors who did not pay due attention to them.

On March 23, police officers were working at Berezovsky’s house in London, arriving on a report of his death. According to the Thames Police Department's post-mortem report released on March 26, Berezovsky died as a result of hanging, with no signs of a struggle found. According to The Guardian newspaper, the autopsy also revealed that Berezovsky had a broken rib.

On the morning of March 30, the 71-year-old artist died from complications caused by a brain tumor. Farewell to Valery Zolotukhin took place on April 2 at the Taganka Theater, on April 4 in Barnaul, at the Altai Youth Theater; On April 5, the actor was buried, according to his will, on the territory of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, built with his savings, in the village of Bystry Istok in Altai, where he was born.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was seriously ill in recent years. On December 21, 2012, she underwent surgery to remove a bladder tumor. Thatcher died in the early hours of 8 April 2013, aged 87, at the Ritz Hotel in central London, where she had been staying since being discharged from hospital in late 2012. The cause of death was stroke.

The funeral service took place at St Paul's Cathedral in London with full military honours. Back in 2005, Thatcher drew up a detailed plan for her funeral, and preparations for it have been going on since 2007 - all events in which the Queen takes part are planned in advance. At her funeral, according to the plan, the “iron lady” wanted to see Queen Elizabeth II, members of the royal family, as well as major political figures of the Thatcher era, including ex-USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev (could not attend for health reasons). After the funeral service, cremation took place, and the ashes, according to the will of the deceased, were buried next to her husband Denis in the cemetery of a military hospital in London's Chelsea district. The funeral took place on April 17 and cost £6 million.

Russian film director Balabanov died suddenly at the age of 55 from a heart attack while working on another script in the Dunes sanatorium in the village of Solnechnoye, Leningrad Region.

The American actor, star of the TV series “The Sopranos” died on July 19 in Rome. While on vacation with his 13-year-old son Michael in Italy, Gandolfini collapsed in the bathroom of his hotel room around 10 p.m. local time. Michael called for help, an ambulance was called, and Gandolfini was taken to the Policlinico Umberto I hospital. Already in the car, he underwent resuscitation procedures, which lasted for 40 minutes even after arriving at the hospital.

After unsuccessful attempts at resuscitation, James Gandolfini was pronounced dead at approximately 11:20 p.m. on June 19. According to Professor Claudio Modini, the actor's heart stopped. On June 21, an autopsy was performed, establishing the official cause of Gandolfini's death as myocardial infarction.

The leader of the punk group “King and the Jester” Mikhail Gorshenev died suddenly on the night of July 18-19, 2013 in house number 5 on Ozerkovsky Avenue in St. Petersburg. The musician's body was found in his house by his wife. The police, examining the corpse, found a syringe and a spoon next to it, which indicates that Gorshenev had taken drugs. Earlier, information appeared in the media that the leader of the “King and the Jester” had problems with drugs. However, the artist himself claimed that he was able to get rid of his addiction.

People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yakovlev died in hospital at the age of 85 on the night of November 30, where he was taken after fainting.
In recent years, Yakovlev has not acted in films (his final film role was the aged Ippolit in the sequel to “The Irony of Fate”), and he only played in the theater in the multi-layered “Pier.” A few weeks before his death, on November 5, he appeared in public for the last time, attending the award ceremony of the Artist Foundation.

The best doctors tried to save the actor, but they failed. Yuri Yakovlev died without regaining consciousness on the night of November 30, 2013 in a Moscow hospital after a long illness. According to some reports, the cause of death was a heart attack or pulmonary edema.
The farewell took place at the Vakhtangov Theater. The actor's funeral took place in Moscow, on December 3 at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela died at home in Johannesburg after a long illness. The human rights activist and former president suffered from a lung infection.

In early June, Mandela was hospitalized with a relapse of the disease. In November, the South African government confirmed that he was in a stable critical condition. In early September, it became known that 95-year-old Nelson Mandela had been discharged from the hospital and would continue treatment at home. Before his death, Mandela was in a vegetative state for a long time - he stopped recognizing and understanding his relatives, did not speak or perceive speech. Doctors suggested that the family remove him from life-sustaining devices, but the relatives refused.