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Actor Vasily Popov dies at 78; stroke named as cause of death
En breve
Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor Vasily Popov died on 3 October at the age of 78, according to the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre. TASS and RIA Novosti reported that the cause of death was a stroke. A farewell ceremony was held on 6 October, the actor's birthday, at the church at the Novomoskovsk city cemetery in the Tula region.
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Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor Vasily Popov died on 3 October at the age of 78, the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after Gorky said, according to Kommersant. TASS and RIA Novosti reported that the cause of death was a stroke. A farewell ceremony was held on 6 October, Popov's birthday, at the church at the Novomoskovsk city cemetery in the Tula region, Kommersant reported. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Popov was born in 1947. Kommersant listed his engagements at the Ryazan Theatre for Young Spectators, the Altai regional drama theatre, the Borisoglebsk drama theatre, the Russian drama and comedy theatre of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic and the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after M. Gorky, among others. At the Tula theatre he appeared in productions including “Bespridannik”, “Schastlivy den”, “Na dne”, “Pollyanna” and “Po sledam bremenskikh muzykantov”, and in recent years performed at the theatre's Novomoskovsk branch. [ 3 ]
According to Kommersant, he was best known for his roles in the films “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”. TASS and RIA Novosti limited their reports to naming the cause of death. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Por qué importa
Popov was a long-serving stage actor in several regional theatres and was best known for the films “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”, so his death is covered mainly as a cultural loss in Russia. The reports come from state news agencies and a business daily, with no indication of wider consequences beyond the theatre world.
Datos clave
- Actor Vasily Popov died on 3 October at the age of 78. [ 3 ]
- TASS and RIA Novosti reported the cause of death as a stroke. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The death was announced by the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after Gorky. [ 3 ]
- A farewell ceremony was held on 6 October, Popov's birthday, at the church at the Novomoskovsk city cemetery in the Tula region. [ 3 ]
- Popov was born in 1947 and worked in theatres in Ryazan, the Altai region, Borisoglebsk, the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic and Tula. [ 3 ]
- He was best known for roles in the films “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”. [ 3 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
Aún sin aclarar
- The exact date of death, 3 October, is reported only by Kommersant. Only one document states the date; TASS and RIA Novosti report the cause but not the date in the available text.
- No further details of the illness or the circumstances of the stroke are given. The documents state the cause but provide no medical or background information.
- The actor was 78 years old. Reported by a single source so far
Qué dicen los medios locales
Cronología, hora local
- Actor Vasily Popov dies at the age of 78, according to the theatre's press service. [ 3 ]
- TASS reports that the cause of death was a stroke. [ 1 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that the cause of death was a stroke. [ 2 ]
- Kommersant publishes an obituary with the death date, biography and farewell details. [ 3 ]
- Farewell ceremony held at the church at the Novomoskovsk city cemetery in the Tula region, on what would have been Popov's birthday. [ 3 ]