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A great Japanese director, who became famous in the 1960s for his highly social films, and later found a new radical film aesthetics for himself, which gave him fame outside of home country. “Empire of Feelings,” presented to the public in 1976, is perhaps the most resonant japanese movie of that time, which became the object of numerous scandals due to naturalism bed scenes. In the future, Oshima shot rarely, but accurately. For example, such films as “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and “Taboo”.
2) Michael Winner (1935-2013)
The brightest British director, whom careless critics still like to write down as undemanding artisans. Winner's collaborations with Oliver Reed and Burt Lancaster are among the landmark film classics of the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. Commercial success came to the director when he began collaborating with Charles Bronson. Their Death Wish franchise became significant cultural phenomenon, but overshadowed Winner's more inventive films with this actor, namely the thriller The Mechanic and the western Chato's Land. Subsequently, the director’s films became artistically less balanced, until restaurant criticism became his main interest.
3) Alexey German Sr. (1938-2013)
A titan of Russian modernist directing, he made five independent films during his life (the debut “The Seventh Sputnik” was made in collaboration), but each of them subsequently had a significant impact on the landscape of Russian cinema. Latest project- a large-scale film adaptation of the Strugatsky novel “It’s Hard to Be God” - the master made for 13 years, without completing only the final stage of sound mixing.
4) Andrey Panin (1962-2013)
A prolific Russian character actor, he was something of a mascot for the resurgent domestic film industry. With some monotony expressive means managed to accomplish the impossible - to embody almost the entire spectrum of images post-Soviet Russia. Among his heroes were crime bosses, insinuating villains, eccentrics, drunkards. For one of his last roles in the film “Atonement” he received the second Nika Award. He passed away under rather mysterious circumstances.
5) Richard Griffiths (1947-2013)
A colorful British actor of classical theatrical training (and in some sense literally - his father was a steelworker), who became a master of the episode. He began actively acting in big cinema in the 1980s and almost best role- mannered gay Monty - played in the alcoholic tragicomedy “Withnail and I”. The new generation was known mainly for his participation in the Harry Potter saga, where he embodied the character of Vernon Dursley.
6) Valery Zolotukhin (1941-2013)
One of the most revered Soviet actors of the 1960-1970s, star of the Taganka Theater (he began working in this institution with Yuri Lyubimov, and in 2011 he himself took up the position of director), colleague and friend of Vladimir Vysotsky. IN last decade experienced a career rebirth and increasingly worked with advanced Russian directors, for example with Timur Bekmambetov (“Night Watch”, “Day Watch”, “Black Lightning”).
7) Roger Ebert (1942-2013)
A legend of American film criticism and perhaps the most famous representative this profession in the world. He began publishing in the press in the 1960s, but he gained particular popularity among the general public from the television show, where he reviewed new films together with Gene Siskel (the number of parodies on the program goes beyond all imaginable limits). For his works in 1975 he received one of the main literary awards in the United States - the Pulitzer Prize. He interviewed many Hollywood classics and wrote scripts for three films by exploitation film master Russ Meyer. I have been battling cancer since 2002. thyroid gland, who eventually defeated himself.
8) Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)
A special effects revolutionary. In his field, Harryhausen became the link between the somewhat stilted experiments of the 1930s and 1940s and the vibrant animatronics experiments of the 1980s. Films that used the animation and stop-motion effects he developed (the many adventures of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts) at one time made a deep impression on people such as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Peter Jackson and Tim Burton . In 1992, he received an honorary Oscar for his contribution to the development of world cinema.
9) Bryan Forbes (1926-2013)
A great director who directed a series of brilliant films in the 1960s. Master of hard thriller and aesthetic drama. Founded a now-defunct company with Richard Attenborough Beaver Films. The first film adaptation of Ira Levin's bestseller The Stepford Wives, made in 1975, was also his work. In the 1980s, Forbes retired from films, but Attenborough used the script he had written about Chaplin's life for a biographical film with Robert Downey Jr. IN recent years life wrote columns for a magazine The Spectator.
10) Alexey Balabanov (1959-2013)
Almost the main Russian director of our time, who most accurately depicted on film the Russian unconscious in all its unsightly light. A brilliant minimalist, an uncompromising revisionist. Balabanov was loved and hated, but it was impossible to remain indifferent to the films he shot. The “Brother” duology has completely turned into cultural phenomenon, but the director revealed himself most fully in the later films, sharp as a blade and tight as a tourniquet.
11) Pyotr Todorovsky (1925-2013)
A grandiose Russian director, a subtle lyricist, an iconic figure of the sixties. Over half a century of directorial activity, he made only 17 films, but the names of half of them became household names. The main formal achievements are an Oscar nomination for the film “War Romance” and 44 million viewers for “Intergirl”.
12) Alexey Borzunov (1943-2013)
Played in many Soviet paintings, but is better known as a voice actor. Borzunov’s easily recognizable, pleasant and wise voice was spoken by countless heroes of Hollywood films, including Horace Slughorn from "Harry Potter" and the dwarf Balin from "The Hobbit". The artist’s fatherly, cozy timbre was also perfect for animated characters.
13) James Gandolfini (1961-2013)
A brilliant character actor, memorable even in the smallest screen appearances. From the very beginning, Gandolfini's career developed quite rapidly, but it was the series about the depressive gangster Tony Soprano that made him truly widely known. The TV crime series overshadowed the actor’s other achievements, but, as befits a significant talent, he did not get lost after the end of the show and regularly appeared in supporting roles in non-trivial projects, including dubbing the film “Where the Wild Things Are” by Spike Jonze, in a quirky thriller Casino Heist by Andrew Dominik and Kathryn Bigelow's triumphant military-political drama Zero Dark Thirty. Ironically, the actor died at the moment when fate unexpectedly presented him with a potential hit - Nicole Holofcener's drama "Enough Words", in which, according to admiring critics, the main decoration is the late Gandolfini's performance.
14) Cory Monteith (1982-2013)
A television actor who also starred in several films, but became a superstar after participating in the musical series Losers. Long-term problems with alcohol and drugs did not pass without a trace for him. Monteith was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room in July. Pacific Rim Hotel.
15) Dennis Farina (1944-2013)
An instantly memorable actor with Italian roots. He worked for almost 20 years in the Chicago police, after which he became friends with Michael Mann, who invited Farina to take up consulting for the actors on the film “Thief”. Later, he began acting himself, became the star of the series “Crime Story” and constantly embodied criminals, brave policemen and formidable dads on the screen. Among the later successes, one can highlight the role in “Snatch” by Guy Ritchie, where Farina, it seems, outplayed absolutely everyone.
16) Eileen Brennan (1932-2013)
American character actress. For a long time Brennan was considered a strong second-tier theater artist until the 1970s arrived. The woman’s atypical appearance and her extraordinary dramatic abilities were ideal for films by representatives of the “new wave” Peter Bogdanovich and Jerry Schatzberg. However, Brennan and at that time recognized masters George Roy Hill and Robert Aldrich filmed. Eileen especially fell in love with television - the actress appeared regularly in leading TV series. However, her main success was her role in the comedy melodrama “Private Benjamin” with Goldie Hawn. Brennan received an Oscar nomination, still acted a lot, but could not achieve the same success again.
17) Karen Black (1939-2013)
A darling of the American “new wave” and a notable character actress of her generation. Her collaborators included Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Francis Ford Coppola. In the 1970s, Black acted with leading directors (including last picture Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot"), and is also nominated for two Golden Globes. Bob Rafelson's landmark film Five Easy Pieces earned her the title of Oscar nominee. In subsequent years, Black's filmography fades, which does not prevent her from enjoying the status cult person American cinema. Black's admirer is Rob Zombie, who gave her a role in the horror film House of a Thousand Corpses.
18) Vadim Yusov (1929-2013)
An outstanding French theater director who successfully tried himself in the cinematic form in the mid-1970s. He made 15 films, of which the film adaptation of “Queen Margot” received the greatest response from viewers. Last job The film “Pursuit”, which was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, became a movie.
20) Marcia Wallace (1942-2013)
An experienced American television actress, who has participated in canonical television sagas - from “The Brady Bunch” to “Columbo”. Great fame came to Wallace with the release of The Simpsons, where she voiced a sarcastic and experienced divorcee Edna Krabappel, working as an elementary school teacher in Springfield. For her work on the main animated series on the planet, Wallace received the "
On the eve of the New Year 2014, IVONA sums up its results. The past year has been overshadowed by the losses of incredibly creative and beloved great people.
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50-year-old Andrei Panin was found dead in his apartment. The main version of death is violent; the actor could have been seriously beaten before his death. In particular, experts talk about the presence of traumatic brain injury and large quantity various bruises, abrasions and bruises.
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In August 2012, Ukrainian singer Oksana Khozhai identified a rare disease - Sjögren's syndrome (also known as "dry syndrome", which is accompanied by severe pain, drying of the mucous membrane and muscles - author's note IVONA). In February, Oksana Khozhay’s condition began to deteriorate sharply. In early March, she underwent emergency surgery, after which the singer did not recover. Soon Oksana felt better and came out of her coma, but the doctors refused to comment on her condition, citing the patient’s own ban. After 8 months of fighting the disease, the 90s star died in an emergency hospital at the age of 48.
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Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 88. Thatcher's cause of death was a heart attack. In recent years, her health has deteriorated greatly. She suffered several strokes, one of which was fatal. She was a famous politician (71st Prime Minister of Great Britain).
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Tina Karol's husband died in Kyiv. The cause of death of Evgeniy Ogir was stomach cancer, which doctors could not cure. On this day, the star wife of Evgenia Ogira performed at a concert in Zaporozhye. She learned the terrible news only after she went backstage.
Time is fleeting and every year we face a series of bitter losses. 2013 was no exception. This year many people left the world famous politicians, musicians, actors... Let's remember these famous people.
1. On December 23, at the age of 94, Mikhail Kalashnikov died in a hospital ward in Izhevsk. Doctors fought for his life for almost a month, but, unfortunately, he made his presence felt old age and the doctors were powerless. The health of the legendary designer seriously deteriorated in the spring of 2012, so he was forced to resign from his position and retire. Initially, the man underwent a series of examinations in Moscow. Later, he was observed by doctors from the Republican Clinical Diagnostic Center (RCDC) of Udmurtia. In December, Mikhail Kalashnikov was hospitalized here for a routine examination. This is where 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, took responsibility for organizing the funeral. The gunsmith was buried according to his rank at the Federal War Memorial Cemetery.
2. On December 5th of this year, Nelson Mandela passed away. Former President of South Africa and Laureate Nobel Prize Mira died quietly at home, surrounded by loved ones. 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, doctors admitted their powerlessness over the disease and offered to disconnect the patient from life-sustaining devices, but the family refused. They fought until the last for the life of this great man. The death of Nelson Mandela was announced by the current President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The funeral took place on December 15 in the ancestral village of Tsgunu.
3. “The Irony of Fate” was watched by every resident post-Soviet space more than once, and of course everyone remembers one of the main characters of this film, Hippolyte, played by People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yakovlev. This is how most of us will remember him - young, handsome 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 one of the Moscow hospitals. The cause of death was a heart attack or pulmonary edema (data vary). The farewell took place in Yakovlev’s native Vakhtangov Theater. The artist was buried on December 3rd 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 occurred in the city of Santa Clarita. The actor and his friend came here to take part in a car show, the purpose of which was to raise funds to help those affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. But at one point the driver lost control of the car. The Porsche Carrera GT glided, hitting a lamppost, 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 Furious" still do not believe in the death of their favorite actor. They are sure that this is a PR stunt to attract attention to the seventh part of the famous franchise, which is due to 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, the leader passed away famous rock band“The King and the Clown” by Mikhail Gorshenev. The body of the thirty-nine-year-old musician was found by his wife. During a police inspection of the house, a syringe and a spoon were found. This suggested that Gorshenev was taking drugs. Earlier, information appeared in the press that the singer was addicted to drugs. But, according to the musician himself, he had no addiction, and he could easily part with it at any time. bad habit. An autopsy showed that the artist died from acute heart failure caused by severe intoxication. Two ppm of alcohol was detected in the blood. The civil memorial service for Mikhail Gorshenev took place on July 22, 2013, at the Yubileiny sports complex in St. Petersburg. The deceased was against any burial rites and asked that after death his body be cremated and the ashes scattered. But the will of the deceased was carried out only partially. Cremation was carried out, and the ashes were buried on the main alley of the Bogoslovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg on the first of August.
6. American actor, star of the series “The Sopranos” James Gandolfini died on July 19 in Rome. He and his thirteen-year-old son Michael were on vacation in Italy. Suddenly in hotel room the actor lost consciousness. The teenager was not at a loss and quickly called for help. An ambulance was called. Doctors took James Gandolfini to the Policlinico Umberto I hospital. Throughout the journey and forty minutes after arriving at the hospital, 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 performed two days later showed the cause of death to be myocardial infarction. On June 26, all Broadway theaters turned out the lights for one minute in order to honor the memory of the great artist. On June 27, a farewell ceremony was held for Gandolfini at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in New York. Almost the entire key cast of “The Sopranos” was present.
7. From heart attack Russian film director Alexey Balabanov died in the Dunes sanatorium in the village of Solnechnoye, Leningrad Region. According to relatives, the man was working on a new script when he suddenly lost consciousness and fell. No one 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 revealed that the cause of death was acute heart failure. According to the will of the deceased, a civil funeral service was not held at Lenfilm. 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.
8. On April 8th of this year, the legendary “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher passed away. In recent years, the woman was very ill and underwent a number of operations. The cause of death was stroke. Thatcher led the funeral preparations 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 of the royal family and prominent politicians of the Thatcher era were expected to attend the funeral. Mikhail Gorbachev was also included in the list, but he was unable to attend the funeral in London due to poor health. 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 arrangements cost the treasury six million pounds sterling. But not all of England mourned Margaret Thatcher these days. The Iron Lady had many opponents. It was they who wildly celebrated and organized a number of street parties and demonstrations in honor of the death of the ex-prime minister. Most often they played the song from the old 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” “Ding Dong!” The Witch is Dead." Its name translates to “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 summary chart.
9. People's Artist In Russia, Valery Zolotukhin stopped appearing in public and participating in any productions since December 2012. The reason for this behavior was illness. Doctors diagnosed the actor with glioblastoma. On at the moment Doctors are absolutely powerless against this disease. Even complete removal of the tumor does not prolong the patient’s life. On March 5, the man was hospitalized. On March thirtieth, 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 Temple of the Intercession Holy Mother of God, which was built with his personal funds, in the village of Bystry Istok in Altai. The actor was born and raised here.
10. Fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has lived in the suburbs of London in recent years. On March 23, 2013, he was found lying supine on the floor in a locked bathroom in a house belonging to his ex-wife Galina. A knot of cloth was tied tightly around the man's neck. The other end of the material was attached to the shower bar. There were no signs of a struggle anywhere. But the police still do not rule out the fact that there was some outside involvement. None post-mortem photography Berezovsky was not published anywhere.
11. At 11 a.m. on March 7, the body of 50-year-old actor Andrei Panin was found in his apartment on Balaklavsky Avenue, 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 bruises on the body of the deceased. Before his death, Panin was severely beaten and his face was disfigured. Strange sounds and groans that came from the artist’s apartment were heard by neighbors. But they didn't attach any importance to them. The farewell took place on March 12 at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater School. The funeral service took place in the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Bryusovsky Lane. Panin was buried at the Troekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow. In April 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Nika Prize in the category “Best Supporting Actor”.
12. 58-year-old Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from cancer on March 5th of this year. His death was announced by Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro on national television. They planned to embalm Chavez's body. But after consultation with Russian experts, the Venezuelan authorities abandoned this idea. The Comandante was buried with honors in the Museum of the Revolution in Caracas. The coffin with Chavez's body was placed in a marble sarcophagus and placed on a pedestal in the shape of a flower, surrounded by water.
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 practicing for fifty years creative activity, and has sold over 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.
Most famous hit singer became the anthem for Tennessee. After a break 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. 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 took an active part in sports activities and was the president of the All-Russian Federation of Professional Boxers. The athlete was buried at the 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 see 95 years of age. 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 her place 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 Frenchwoman 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, Ivan Ivanovich Kalyuzhny passed away due to a short illness. 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 medal “Veteran of Labor”, an honorary badge for the development of culture and sports, the Order of Honor and the badge “Honorary Railwayman”.
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 the age of 41 after a weeks-long battle with 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 younger 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)
A young and successful beauty, a 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 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 by a 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 Soviet actor, he played huge 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 poor health. 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 a Russian musician and 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 was 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. A famous Soviet and Russian rock musician, he was the leader of the punk group “King and Shut”. Also famous for his scandalous antics. The musician died in his home on the night of July 19 from heart failure.
Alexey Fomkin
1969−1996
Alyosha Fomkin, a nice guy from a futuristic television series, has a completely unsympathetic fate. Fomkin was the dream of all Soviet schoolgirls, and Lesha’s dream was a career in cinema, but after “The Guest” the guy did not receive any offers. Alexey decided to wait out the stagnation in his career in the army, but ironically, it was during his service that directors began to invite him. In the hope that he would still be able to show himself, after the army, Fomkin got a job at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky. Even then, the young man suffered from heavy drinking, which became the reason for his dismissal from the theater. Alexey moved to the village, where he worked as a miller, and then lived with his wife in Vladimir. The actor died after choking on smoke during a fire in his apartment. He was drunk and fast asleep. The actor, who died at a young age, was only 26 years old.
Nikita Mikhailovsky
1964−1991
16-year-old Nikita Mikhailovsky, who so dearly loved his “blind girl” in the film about first love “You Never Even Dreamed of,” amazed viewers and critics with his performance, but the fate of the young actor was tragic. Nikita died at the age of 27 from leukemia.
Heath Ledger
1979−2008
Before sudden death In January 2008, Ledger managed to complete work on The Dark Knight and began filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, but never completed the project. On January 22, 2008, the body of 28-year-old Ledger was discovered in his Manhattan apartment. Due to the fatal mixture of painkillers, sleeping pills and tranquilizers that Heath used in the last months of his life, the actor’s heart stopped.
Director Terry Gilliam finally decided to release Imaginarium and found a way out: according to the plot, Ledger's hero ends up in another dimension, where he magically changes his appearance several times. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell agreed to “finish the game” for Heath. The actors gave their fees to Ledger's daughter Matilda.
Vladislav Galkin
1971−2010
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.
Brandon Lee
1965−1993
The death of Bruce Lee's son on the set of the film "The Crow" on March 31, 1993 can be called a coincidence of fatal circumstances. Work was underway on the final episodes, when the hero Brandon Lee was supposed to be killed by his sworn enemy Fanboy, played by Michael Massey. By fatal accident The pistol from the prop was hit by a plug, which, when fired with a blank cartridge, hit the actor’s stomach and mortally wounded him.
The actor's mother sued the film company for negligence and won the case. No charges were brought against Michael Massey, but this did not save him from a prolonged depression. Out of respect for the Lee family, the murder scene was reshot with a stunt double.
River Phoenix
1970−1993
23 years old - at this age the life of the promising actor River Phoenix was cut short. River, along with his younger brother Joaquin Phoenix, a future star, did his best to help his parents earn money thanks to their talents: the brothers sang, recited poetry and danced, holding concerts right on the street. This experience was not in vain: a Los Angeles agent, familiar with the father of the family, found several talented guys good offers. River started with television series, and four years later he found himself in big cinema.
River was given a free-thinking and independent spirit by his hippie parents, but at the same time he promoted veganism, supported PETA, and was only seen with three girls in his entire life. However, among the actor's hobbies, there was time for a dangerous passion - drugs. In 1993, River became ill at the Viper Room nightclub, where he was hanging out with his friend Flea from the band Red. Hot Chili Peppers, brother Joaquin, sister Rain and his girlfriend Samantha. The company helped the actor go outside so that he could recover, but the star became even worse. The ambulance that arrived at the club was unable to save River. After his death, most of the stones were thrown into the garden of Johnny Depp, one of the co-owners of the Viper Room: the establishment was called a nest of drug addicts and suicides. Only in 2004 did Depp say goodbye to the notoriety of this establishment by selling his stake in the business.
James Dean
1931−1955
Despite his death at 24, James Dean managed to become a symbol of the 50s and influence the style and culture of subsequent years. While still at school, James became interested in theater, and an attempt to study at university again proved that acting career- the only thing the young man wanted to devote his life to. At the age of 20, he quit education and began going to auditions. At first he was offered small roles in casual TV series and commercials. However, connections, talent and training at the Actors Studio under the direction of Lee Strasberg in New York did their job: Dean was invited to major film projects, which made him famous throughout America, and later throughout the world. Fatal coincidence circumstances cut short a stellar career. On the way to one of the photo shoots, the car in which James was sitting in the passenger seat crashed into a car that came around a bend. All participants in this accident survived, except young actor Hollywood, who died so early. Posthumously, Dean was nominated twice for an Oscar: for the films East of Eden and Giant.
Paul Walker
1973−2013
Neither relatives nor fans wanted to believe in the death of Paul Walker: as an actor who staged his own so many times the most difficult tricks in the racing movie "Fast and Furious", became a victim of a car accident?
The actor died while holding a charity car show to benefit typhoon victims in the Philippines. The car in which Paul and his friend Roger Rodas were (he was driving) crashed into a lamppost and caught fire - the passengers did not even have a chance to escape.
On the eve of his death, Walker began filming the seventh Fast and the Furious, which made him famous. The actor never completed all the episodes with his participation, but the film crew decided to finish the film in memory of their friend.
Cory Monteith
1982−2013
"Glee" star Cory Monteith died of a heroin overdose taken with alcohol - that's what it sounds like official reason death of the 31-year-old actor. Cory Monteith has struggled with drug addiction since he was 19, quitting regular use at the request of his fiancée, actress Lea Michele. The couple was engaged, but Corey's breakdown tragically cut short wedding plans. Three months before his death, Monteith underwent rehabilitation in a clinic, from which he left on April 26, but his abstinence from heroin was short-lived. Cory Monteith was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on July 13, 2013. The surveillance camera footage in the hotel corridors shows that the actor consumed drugs and champagne alone - no one entered the deceased’s room.
Sergey Shevkunenko
1959−1995
When Shevkunenko was four years old, his father died of cancer. Mom was left alone with two children. She worked a lot, and Sergei was left to his own devices from an early age. As a result, he began to get involved in criminal stories. But he was not at all drawn to cinema. Everything was decided by chance: one day he came to work with his mother, an assistant director at Mosfilm, and caught the eye of one of the directors. Soon Sergei received the role of the heroic pioneer Mitya Polyakov in the Dirk trilogy. However, in life he preferred the path of crime. At the age of 13, Shevkunenko was registered in the children's room of the police and had serious problems with alcohol, and at the age of 16 he received his first sentence - for beating with hooligan motives. After that, Sergei again and again went to jail for theft. By the age of 30, the man, who received the nicknames “Chief” and “Artist” in the criminal world, had the status of an authority and headed the Mosfilmovskaya organized crime group. Sergei died at the age of 35. The killer broke into his and his mother’s apartment and shot them both. The crime was never solved.
Sergei Tikhonov
1950−1972
The famous “Leader of the Redskins” from the film by Leonid Gaidai and the bad boy, despite the love of the directors, could not enter VGIK. Tikhonov joined the army, and then became interested in betting on horse races. However, the gambling hobby cost the young man his life: one day, after a quarrel at the hippodrome, 21-year-old Sergei was pushed under a tram.
Vasily Lykshin
1987−2009
Over his 22 years, the actor has gone through many trials. Vasily grew up in an orphanage, in his youth he was repeatedly prosecuted for petty hooliganism and theft, and at the age of 15 he got into the cinema, and director Svetlana Stasenko took custody of the talented but unlucky guy. Vasily became famous after his roles in the drama “Bastards” and the TV series “Gromovs” and “Ranetki”. Lykshin managed to get married and become the father of the girl Kira. And on the night of October 18, 2009, the actor died of a heart attack...
