Famous people who died in. Paul Walker, Heath Ledger, Cory Monteith, Vladislav Galkin - actors who died young

Offers to remember tragic cases death famous people that have amazed us over the past 10 years.

Zhanna Friske

Two years of fighting an inoperable brain tumor, the support of friends, colleagues and fans, the hope for a miracle - everything ended in June 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 police and the Drug Enforcement Administration took up the investigation into the death of the artist. The case lasted two years, and in November 2011, Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray was found guilty of manslaughter: the cardiologist injected the artist with too much of the potent anesthetic propofol. The doctor was sentenced to 4 years in prison but released early in 2013.

Whitney Houston

On the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony, the unconscious singer was found in a room at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. The cause of death was the use of a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and sedatives, as a result of which Whitney's heart could not stand it, and she drowned unconscious in the bathroom.

Roman Trachtenberg

TV presenter and showman Roman Trachtenberg died of a heart attack, which, according to doctors, could be caused by a sharp weight loss.

Paul Walker

Ironically, actor Paul Walker, racing driver and star of the Fast & Furious auto 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 drug victim 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 habit even in student years, but was able to overcome himself and did not use any drugs for 20 years. In 2012, celebrity circles began to talk about the fact 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 out of the balcony of his apartment, being in a state of prolonged depression. No traces of alcohol or drugs were found in the singer's body.

Robin Williams

Over the years, the actor has suffered from severe depression. He fought other demons as well, as back in the late 1970s he was addicted to drugs and alcohol. Robin Williams' death was a terrible blow. close friend actor John Belushi in March 1982. Belushi died of an overdose, and Robin himself did not touch 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 a few months before the suicide, Williams began to drink 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 because of alcohol poisoning: the level of alcohol in her blood exceeded the maximum permissible concentration of five times.

Vladislav Galkin

The Saboteur franchise star has died at the age of 38 from cardiac arrest. The doctors involved in the autopsy made an unequivocal 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 closest friend of the couturier. Text suicide note McQueen has yet to be revealed.

Brittany Murphy

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

Andrei Panin

The forensic experts who examined the body of the deceased actor had speculation about the murder of Panin. Upon the death of the artist, a criminal case was initiated, which, however, was closed at the beginning of this year due to the lack of corpus delicti. The cause of Panin's death is still 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 a vegan diet, acupuncture, herbal medicine and refused the intervention of surgeons. In July 2004, Jobs agreed to the operation, but at the same time, he was diagnosed with liver metastases. Chemotherapy did not give encouraging results, and because of painkillers and immunosuppressants, Jobs's physical and moral condition was shaken, 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 radio host Maximum died in a car accident in the Tver region, having driven into the oncoming lane.

Patrick Swayze

Pancreatic cancer 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 many years of smoking became the cause of lung cancer.

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.

In the outgoing year, there were no many people whose names will remain in Russian and world history. Among them are 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, a little later the piano. Oscar Feltsman's first piano piece entitled "Autumn" appeared when he was barely six years old. Among his compositions were operettas and musical comedies.

Feltsman collaborated with different poets, including Andrei Voznesensky, Rasul Gamzatov, Evgeny Dolmatovsky, Robert Rozhdestvensky and many others. Feltsman's hits were performed by masters domestic stage People: Leonid Utyosov, Mark Bernes, Muslim Magomaev, Maria Pakhomenko, Iosif Kobzon. IN last years the composer created a number of chamber works, including poems by Marina Tsvetaeva.

Oscar Feltsman was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class, for his outstanding contribution to the development of the national musical art and multi-year creative activity, as well as the Order of Friendship for a great personal contribution to the development domestic 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 department of the Kuibyshev Industrial Institute, from which he graduated in 1956 with a degree in the development of oil and gas fields. Fifteen years he worked in the association "Kuibyshevneft". 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 has served as the head of the concern's board of directors. Under him, the company enters 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

Alexei German. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Film director, classic of Russian black and white cinema.

Alexei German Sr. entered the history of cinema as a director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He was born in the family of a writer and screenwriter, author of the script for the film "My Dear Man" by Yuri German and Tatyana Rittenberg. Alexei German's career began in the theater. After graduating from the Leningrad state institution 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.

The directorial debut of Alexei German was the tape "Check on the roads". Work on the tape was completed in 1971, but it was released on the screens only in 1985. Check on the Roads was followed by Twenty Days Without War (1976) and My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984). The last tape completed by Herman is “Khrustalev, the car!” - was released in 1998.

Alexei German worked for many years on a film based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers It's Hard to Be a God, but this tape never appeared on the screens during his lifetime.

Alexei German was a laureate of numerous awards and prizes. In particular, his work "My friend Ivan Lapshin" in 1987 received the State Prize of the RSFSR, 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 Theological Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Van Cliburn

The world famous American pianist, the first winner of the International P.I. Tchaikovsky.

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

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

The competition has become turning point biography of Van Cliburn. After the triumph in Moscow, he acquired world fame, and at home - in New York - he was greeted as national hero. The time of non-stop performances began. Sometimes the musician had to play 150 concerts a year. But in 1978, Van Cliburn stopped touring in order to spend more time with his ailing mother. He resumed performances only in 1987 - after he played at a reception at 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 has spoken to US presidents, royalty, and leaders from Europe, Asia, and South America, visited the USSR on tour.

The pianist has received many awards, including the Russian Order of Friendship. The Russian Academy of Sciences named one of the stars in the constellation Lira after Van Cliburn, and his name is also immortalized in American Hall glory classical music. A recording of Tchaikovsky's First Concerto performed by the maestro in 1958 was inducted into the US National Academy Hall of Fame.

The pianist repeatedly returned to Moscow, and within the framework of the First International Festival master classes "Glory to the maestro!" 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 second lieutenant, he graduated from military academy Venezuela, then served in the airborne units. In February 1992, Chávez led a failed coup attempt. In 1994, he created the "Movement V Republic". In 1998, he took the post of President of the Republic, two years later he won the presidential election for the second time. In 2002, Chavez withstood an attempt to overthrow the presidency. 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 and economic bloc Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America /ALBA/, the author of regional projects in the field of production and marketing of hydrocarbon raw materials, in particular Petrokaribe, Petrosur, as well as in the field of media - Telesur TV channel.

Chavez managed to change the country's foreign policy, making Venezuela short term authoritative regional leader who spearheaded the movement against neoliberalism in the Western Hemisphere.

Chavez is buried at the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with his body is placed in a marble sarcophagus and set 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 of the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov. Among his stage work roles in the performances "Three Sisters", " Miserly knight", "Marriage", " death number" and others.

The actor gained fame thanks to the paintings "Mother, Do not Cry" by Maxim Pezhemsky and "Mother" by Denis Evstigneev. Massive popularity came to Andrei Panin after the television series "Brigade" directed by Alexei Sidorov. The success of the television series "Kamenskaya" also contributed to Panin's popularity. In addition, Andrey Panin created vivid memorable images in the films "Driver for Faith", "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 not clear. According to one version, he died in an accident, according to another, he was killed. Andrei Panin was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Mamyshev-Monroe Vladislav Yurievich

Russian performance artist Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe dies

Well-known 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 New Artists group, created by Timur Novikov. Mamyshev is known for his performances, where he changed into famous people- the first heroine of his reincarnations was Marilyn Monroe. In this image, Mamyshev performed several times at the concerts of the Pop Mechanics group by Sergei Kuryokhin. From about that time on, the pseudonym Vlad Monroe or Mamyshev-Monroe was assigned to the artist.

In 2000, the artist found himself new look- Soviet movie star Lyubov Orlova. In 2003, Mamyshev took part in the scandalous exhibition "Caution, Religion!". In 2007, the artist became the winner of the Kandinsky Prize in the Media Project of the Year nomination for the original version. feature film"Volga-Volga", where Monroe played the role of Dunya Petrova.

The last exhibition of Mamyshev-Monroe "Polonius", 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 Polytheatre, 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 in Russian politics in the 1990s, an entrepreneur and scientist.

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

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

In 1996-1997, Berezovsky served as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, then became an adviser to the head of the presidential administration of Russia 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 an attempted violent seizure of power.

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

Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich

Died actor and director Valery Zolotukhin

Actor and director.

Valery Zolotukhin was born in Altai into a peasant family. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming an actor and in 1958 he 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 playing in the theater, Zolotukhin actively acted in films; the role of 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 the Black Married", paintings " The 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. In early March 2013, he was forced to resign from this position due to poor health. Since 2003, Zolotukhin has also been artistic director State Youth Theater of Altai.

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

APRIL

Margaret Thatcher

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

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

Thatcher was able to bring the UK out of the economic crisis of the late 1970s, using harsh and unpopular measures, including the privatization of state-owned companies and the withdrawal of support for unpromising enterprises. She also initiated a military solution to the conflict with Argentina over the Falklands, which ended in victory for the British.

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 the military hospital in the London area of ​​Chelsea.

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 the Minister of Finance and Deputy Governor from Russia at the IMF in 1996, having also received the post of Deputy Prime Minister.

In 1997, Livshits left the government, becoming the presidential representative in 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 envoy to the G8.

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

MAY

Balabanov Alexey Oktyabrinovich

Alexey Balabanov. Photo: ITAR-TASS

In 1981, Balabanov graduated from the translation department of the 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 Screenwriters and Directors.

Among his works are the tapes "War", "It doesn't hurt me", "About freaks and people", "Cargo 200", "Blind Man's Bluff", "Morphine" and others.

The director's last film "I also want" was released on Russian screens in mid-December 2012. It tells about the 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.

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

Schmidt Sigurd Ottovich

Sigurd Schmidt. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Well-known 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 honored 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 Humanitarian University was created. In 1965, Schmidt received his Ph.D. historical sciences and became a professor five years later. In 1992 he became an academician Russian Academy education. Schmidt is the author of more than 20 books, a large number articles - was known in the country as a bright 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 on "Fortran" In the early 1990s, together with his classmate Arkady Volozh Segalovich, he coined the word "Yandex" to refer to the unstructured information search technology they were developing. In the future, Segalovich stood at the origins of the creation of the most popular search engine in Runet, and in recent years he served as technical director of Yandex.

In September 2012, Segalovich was diagnosed with oncological disease. On July 27, 2013, he died in a London clinic. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Todorovsky Petr Efimovich

Peter Todorovsky. Photo: ITAR-TASS

Petr Todorovsky was born in Bobrinets, Ukraine. From the summer of 1943 he was a cadet of the Saratov military infantry school, from 1944 he was the commander of a mortar platoon in the 93rd rifle regiment of the 76th rifle division of the 47th army of the First Belorussian Front. Was awarded with orders Patriotic WarІ and ІІ 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 camera department of VGIK and made his debut as a cameraman at the Moldova 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", "Swamp".

In 1983, he staged the acclaimed film "Military Romance", nominated for an Oscar in the nomination " 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 "King and Shut"

Musician, soloist of the group "Korol i Shut"

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

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

AUGUST

Peskov Vasily Mikhailovich

Well-known journalist, traveler, writer, one of the hosts of the program "In the world of animals".

In his youth, Vasily Peskov was fond of photography. One day, an employee of the regional newspaper Molodoy Kommunar saw his pictures and invited him to work. This was the impetus for the beginning of journalistic activity.

Three years later, Vasily Mikhailovich was invited to work in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, where for many years he led the columns "Window to Nature" and "Taiga Dead End". Many of his essays formed the basis of books. So, in 1960, "Notes of a Photographer" was published, and three years later, Peskov's books "Steps on the Dew" and "Wait for Us, Stars" become famous.

Peskov's documentary story "Taiga Dead End", published in 1990, gained the greatest popularity. It tells about hermits-Old Believers 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 the settlers and won their trust.

In 1991, another collection of Peskov's essays, Wanderings, was released, where the journalist talks about East Africa, Hungary and the Alps. In 1994 it was published latest 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 cameraman who won worldwide fame his collaboration with directors Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Bondarchuk

Vadim Yusov was born in the Leningrad region. In 1954 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK and at the same time began to collaborate with the Mosfilm film studio. In 1960, he first worked with Andrei Tarkovsky on the set of the short film The Skating Rink and the Violin. Since 1983 - Head of the Department of Cameramanship at VGIK.

The filmography of Vadim Yusov includes more than 20 films. Among them are Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky; "I'm walking around Moscow" Georgy Danelia; "They fought for the Motherland", "Boris Godunov" by Sergei Bondarchuk and others.

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

Vadim Yusov is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery

NOVEMBER

Yakovlev Yuri Vasilievich

Died actor Yuri Yakovlev

Actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

Yuri Yakovlev was born in Moscow in the family of a lawyer. In the post-war years, he studied at night school, while working as an assistant mechanic. In 1948 he tried to enter VGIK, but the commission recognized him as not "cynogenic". Then Yakovlev went to Theater School them. B. Schukin.

In 1952, the actor came to the Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked for over 60 years. Among his roles - 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 stage of the theater.

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

Among the most famous film works of the actor are house manager Ivan Vasilyevich Bunsha / Tsar Ivan the Terrible in the film by Leonid Gaidai "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession", Ippolit in the main New Year's film "The Irony of Fate, or C light steam", lieutenant Rzhevsky in " Hussar ballad", Patsak Bee in the comedy dystopia" Kin-Dza-Dza.

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

DECEMBER

Nelson Mandela

Former South African President Nelson Mandela dies

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

Nelson Mandela was born in southeastern South Africa. In 1943 he began to study law at the university.

As a student, Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, 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 high treason, but later 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 the African majority in 1994, Mandela was elected president of South Africa. He remained head of state until 1999.

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

Kalashnikov Mikhail Timofeevich

Small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov dies

The famous designer of small arms

Mikhail Kalashnikov was born in the Altai Territory 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 record the number of shots fired from a tank gun, adapted a TT pistol for effective firing through slots in a tank turret, and created a device to measure the life of a tank engine. For the latest invention, the commander of the Kyiv military district, General Georgy Zhukov, awarded Kalashnikov with a nominal 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 test site, where the submachine gun passed full-scale tests.

In 1945, Kalashnikov participated in a competition to develop an assault rifle chambered for the 1943 model. According to 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 model of weapons."

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 7.62 mm AKM assault rifle and a modernized AKMS rifle with a folding stock. After switching to a caliber of 5.45 millimeters, models of the Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-74, AKS-74U, AK-74M were developed. In total, the Kalashnikov design bureau created more than a hundred samples of military weapons.

In 1971, based on the totality of research and development work and inventions without defending a dissertation, Kalashnikov was awarded the 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 Writers' Union of Russia.

Time is fleeting and every year we face a series of bitter losses. 2013 was no exception. This year, many famous politicians, musicians, actors left the world... Let's remember these famous people.

1. On December 23, at the age of 94, Mikhail Kalashnikov died in a hospital ward in Izhevsk. For almost a month, doctors fought for his life, but, unfortunately, made itself felt old age and the doctors were powerless. The health status of the legendary designer seriously deteriorated in the spring of 2012, so he was forced to leave his position and retire. Initially, the man underwent a series of examinations in Moscow. Later, doctors from the Republican Clinical Diagnostic Center (RCDC) of Udmurtia followed him. In December, Mikhail Kalashnikov was hospitalized here for a scheduled examination. Here he died. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu expressed their condolences to the family and friends of the legendary gunsmith. The head of Udmurtia Alexander Volkov assumed responsibility for organizing the funeral. The gunsmith was buried according to his rank at the Federal War Memorial Cemetery.

2. On December 5 of this year, Nelson Mandela passed away. The former President of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner died quietly at home, surrounded by close and dear people. Mandela had long suffered from a lung infection. In June of this year, his condition deteriorated sharply. Hospitalization did not help. State former president South Africa remained consistently critical. IN recent months before his death, the man stopped recognizing anyone, perceiving speech and speaking. Even then, the doctors admitted their powerlessness over the disease and offered to disconnect the patient from life-supporting devices, but the relatives refused. They fought to the last for the life of this great man. The death of Nelson Mandela was announced by current South African President Jacob Zuma. The funeral took place on December 15 in the family village of Tsgunu.

3. "The Irony of Fate" was watched by every inhabitant of the post-Soviet space more than once, and of course everyone remembers one of the main characters of this film, Ippolit, played by People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yakovlev. This is how he will be remembered by most of us - young, beautiful and full of energy. It's hard to believe that he is no longer with us. The actor died on the night of November 30 in a Moscow hospital. The cause of death was a heart attack or pulmonary edema (data vary). The farewell took place in Yakovlev's native theater named after Vakhtangov. The artist was buried on the third of December at the Novodevichy cemetery. Many people brought ritual wreaths.

4. On November 30, he died in a car accident famous actor and model Paul Walker. He was only forty. The accident happened in Santa Clarita. The actor, along with his friend, came here to take part in an auto show, the purpose of which was to raise funds to help victims of the typhoon in the Philippines. But at one point the driver lost control of the car. "Porsche Carrera GT" glide hitting a lamp post, then crashed and caught fire. Both passengers died on the spot. The funeral took place on December 14, 2013 in Glendale, California. Some fans of the movie "Fast and the Furious" still do not believe in the death of their favorite actor. They are sure that this is a PR move to draw attention to the seventh part of the famous franchise, which should be released next summer. Fans claim that there are many inconsistencies and inconsistencies in the case of the death of the Fast and the Furious star.

5. On the night of July 18-19, 2013, there was no leader famous rock band The King and the Jester by Mikhail Gorshenev. The body of the thirty-nine-year-old musician was found by his wife. When the police searched the house, they found a syringe and a spoon. This suggested that Gorshenev was taking drugs. Earlier in the press, information has already appeared that the singer is addicted to drugs. But, according to the musician himself, he had no addiction, and he could easily part with bad habit. An autopsy showed that the artist died from acute heart failure caused by severe intoxication. Two ppm of alcohol was found in the blood. A civil memorial service for Mikhail Gorshenyov took place on July 22, 2013, at the Yubileiny sports complex in St. Petersburg. The deceased was against any burial rites and asked to be cremated after death and the ashes to be scattered. But the will of the deceased was only partially fulfilled. Cremation was carried out, and the ashes were buried on the main alley of the Theological cemetery in St. Petersburg on the first of August.

6. American actor Sopranos star James Gandolfini died on July 19th in Rome. He, along with his thirteen-year-old son Michael, was on vacation in Italy. Suddenly, in the hotel room, the actor lost consciousness. The teenager was not taken aback and quickly called for help. An ambulance was called. The doctors took James Gandolfini to the Policlinico Umberto I hospital. Throughout the journey and forty minutes after arriving at the hospital, the doctors performed resuscitation procedures. Unfortunately, their actions were not successful. At 22.30 the heart of the actor, who was only 51 years old, stopped beating. An autopsy two days later showed that the cause of death was myocardial infarction. On June 26, all Broadway theaters turned off the lights for one minute in order to honor the memory of the great artist. On June 27, farewell to Gandolfini took place at the New York Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. It was attended by almost the entire key cast"The Sopranos".

7. Russian film director Alexei Balabanov died of a heart attack in the Dunes sanatorium in the village of Solnechnoye, Leningrad Region. According to relatives, the man was working on a new script, but suddenly lost consciousness and fell. Nobody could help Balabanov. The director died without regaining consciousness. His friends said that the man had long suffered from a serious chronic disease, which only those closest to him knew about. An autopsy showed that the cause of death was acute heart failure. A civil memorial service at Lenfilm was not held according to the will of the deceased. The funeral service was held on May 21 at the Prince Vladimir Cathedral. They buried Alexei Balabanov on the same day at the Smolensk cemetery.

8. On April 8 this year, the legendary "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher passed away. In recent years, the woman was very ill and underwent a series of operations. The cause of death was a stroke. Preparations for the funeral of Thatcher led herself, starting in 2005. Since all events with the participation of the queen are planned in advance. Was compiled detailed plan events and all the nuances are discussed. All members must attend the funeral. royal family and prominent politicians of the Thatcher era. Mikhail Gorbachev was also included in the list, but he could not attend the funeral in London due to poor health. After the memorial service, a cremation took place, and the ashes, according to the will of the deceased, were buried next to her husband Denis in the cemetery of the military hospital in the London district of Chelsea. The organization of the funeral cost the treasury six million pounds. But not all of England mourned Margaret Thatcher. The Iron Lady had many opponents. It was they who vigorously celebrated and staged a number of street parties and demonstrations in honor of the death of the ex-premier. Most often they played a song from the old 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead". Its name translates as "Ding-dong, the witch is dead." In the April days of 2013, the song became very popular and even took second place in the official UK composite chart.

9. National artist Since December 2012, Valery Zolotukhin of Russia has ceased to appear in public and participate in any productions. The cause of this behavior was illness. Doctors diagnosed the actor with glioblastoma. On this moment Physicians are absolutely powerless before this disease. Even the complete removal of the tumor does not prolong the life of the patient. On March 5, the man was hospitalized. On March 30, the 71-year-old artist passed away. Farewell to Valery Zolotukhin took place on April 2 at the Taganka Theater, and on April 4 - in Barnaul in Youth theater Altai. The actor was buried, as he bequeathed, on the territory of the Church of the Intercession Holy Mother of God, which was built at his own expense, in the village of Fast Istok in Altai. Here the actor was born and raised.

10. Runaway Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky lived in recent years in the suburbs of London. On March 23, 2013, he was found lying supine on the floor in a locked bathroom in a house owned by him. ex-wife Galina. A knot of cloth was tightly tied around the man's neck. The other end of the cloth was attached to the shower bar. There were no signs of a struggle anywhere. But the police still do not exclude the fact that it was not without outside participation. None posthumous photograph Berezovsky was not published anywhere.

11. At 11 am on March 7, the body of 50-year-old actor Andrei Panin was found in his apartment on Balaklavsky Prospekt, in the south of Moscow. Initially, forensic experts suggested that the actor fell, hit his head and died from blood loss. But this version was not confirmed. There were many hematomas on the body of the deceased. Before his death, Panin was severely beaten and his face mutilated. Strange sounds and groans that came from the artist's apartment were heard by the neighbors. But they did not attach any importance to them. The farewell took place on March 12 at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater School. The 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, he was posthumously awarded the Nika Award for Best Supporting Actor.

12. 58-year-old Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from the effects of cancer on March 5 this year. His death was announced by Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro on national television. Chavez's body was planned to be embalmed. But after consulting with Russian experts, the Venezuelan authorities abandoned this idea. Comandante was buried with honors at the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. Chavez's coffin was placed in a marble sarcophagus and placed on a flower-shaped pedestal surrounded by water.

The outgoing year was overshadowed by the loss of incredibly creative and beloved great people.

Andrei Panin, 50, was found dead in his apartment. The main version of death is violent, before the death of the actor could be seriously beaten. In particular, experts talk about the presence of a craniocerebral injury and a large number of various bruises, abrasions and bruises.

Oksana Khozhay died at the age of 48 / VK Oksana Khozhay

In August 2012, Ukrainian singer Oksana Khozhai revealed a rare disease - Sjögren's syndrome (also known as "dry syndrome", which is accompanied by severe pain, drying of the mucous membrane and muscles - approx. ed. IVONA). In February, Oksana Khozhay's condition began to deteriorate sharply. In early March, she underwent an emergency operation, after which the singer did not come to her senses. Soon Oksana felt better and she came out of a coma, but the doctors refused to comment on her condition, referring to the prohibition of the patient herself. After 8 months of fighting the disease, the star of the 90s died in an emergency hospital at the age of 48.

Actor Valery Zolotukhin died on March 30, 2013

Valery Zolotukhin / Fotobank - Getty Images

Evgeny Ogir / Facebook Tina Karol

Tina Karol's husband died in Kyiv. The cause of death of Eugene Ogir was stomach cancer, which the doctors could not cure. On this day, the star wife of Eugene Ogira performed at a concert in Zaporozhye. She learned the terrible news only after she went backstage.

On May 18, 2013, director Alexei Balabanov died.

Died film director Alexei Balabanov / ok-inform.ru

Near St. Petersburg, at the age of 54, the creator died of heart failure famous movies Brother and I do not hurt. The son of Alexei, 23-year-old Fedor, has already stated that he and his brother are going to finish the film according to the script of his father: “Dad was not against it. We talked to him literally the day before his death. I did not read the script, but I know that we should Renata Litvinov and Ingeborg Dapkunaite were to take part.

Died famous singer from the group King and Jester / obozrevatel.com

On the night of July 19, the lead singer of the Korol and jester group, 39-year-old Mikhail Gorshenev (Pot), died in his house in St. Petersburg. The cause of death of the leader of the rock band King and Jester Mikhail Gorshenev could be alcohol and drugs. The press learned that his wife found a syringe in the hand of the dead leader of the King and the Jester group, and a spoon next to the body.

Unfortunately, James Gandolfini, Paul Walker, Yuri Yakovlev, Ilya Oleinikov 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, love 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 opening called 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 the 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 Fast and the Furious movie himself since the very first part of the Fast and the Furious and was a lover of driving, he died in the passenger seat.

His friend was driving at the time of the collision.

Walker was involved in an accident in Santa Clarita, where he was attending an auto show to raise funds to help victims of the typhoon in the Philippines. At the time of the accident, he was driving in his friend's Porsche Carrera GT, who was driving. The driver at some point lost control of the car, which glided, hit a lamp post, and then crashed into a tree and caught fire. Walker and his friend died on the spot.

Fast and Furious 7 was being filmed these days. Not all scenes with Paul Walker were filmed, and in those scenes where Paul was required, he was replaced with a digital understudy.

Yuri Yakovlev died.

The well-known film actor Yuri Yakovlev, who lived 85 years in the USSR, died on November 30, 2013. He is known to us from the films Ivan Vasilievich changes his profession, The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!, Kin-dza-dza and others.

His last role was in the film "The Irony of Fate 2", where he played the same Hippolyte.

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 a heart attack.

Ilya Oleinikov died.

Ilya Oleinikov (real name Ilya Lvovich Klyaver) is known to us as a participant in the well-known humorous program “Gorodok”, 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 developed into a serious illness, he also had a problem with blood vessels and underwent chemotherapy.