Died actor Mikhail Svetin

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The figures of the national cinema in mourning. The famous actor Mikhail Svetin passed away. The artist died on Sunday morning in the intensive care unit of the Gatchina central regional hospital in the Leningrad region.

A week ago, Mikhail Semenovich was hospitalized. According to media reports, the artist had a neurological stroke. Svetin underwent an emergency operation, after the artist was transferred to intensive care and connected to a ventilator.

“We were very worried about him, because he was suddenly hospitalized, he was at the dacha, he felt very good, then they called an ambulance, took him to the hospital,” Tatiana Kazakova, director of the St. Petersburg Academic Comedy Theater named after Nikolai Akimov, told reporters. which Svetin worked to the last. - The next day he underwent an operation, the doctors did everything they could. We believed until the very end and hoped that everything would not end so sadly"

The lady stressed that Svetin "was one of the most beloved actors in St. Petersburg and Russia."

According to preliminary data, Svetin's funeral will take place on September 2. The farewell ceremony will take place in the building of the Akimov Theater. The actor will be buried at the Serafimovskoye cemetery.

Recall that Mikhail Svetin was born on December 11, 1930 in Kiev. He made his film debut in 1973. During his career, he starred in more than 80 films, including such famous Soviet films as "Afonya", "Twelve Chairs", "It Can't Be!" ". In 1987 he became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, nine years later he received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.