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He was the heart of Lenkom
His colleagues and friends “I did not expect a talented actor Alexander Abdulov. I didn’t expect. I spoke to him on the phone the day before. He fought until the very last end. He was a courageous man, unforgettable in the history of our theater,” said the artistic director of the theater Lenkom, director Mark Zakharov. “Abdulov is our everything ... And we grieve, we sob, we pray for the rest of his bright soul,” RIA Novosti reports Zakharov’s words. He said that during the illness of Abdulov, an endless stream of letters from fans who wanted to somehow support, to help his idol came to him. “An endless stream of letters ... It was some kind of popular love for this person ...”, the director said.
According to the People's Artist of the USSR Inna Churikova, Alexander Abdulov was the heart of Lenkom. “His departure is a cruel blow, a bleeding wound for all of us. He was the heart of the theater, how will Lenkom live without a heart? But Sasha will forever remain in our hearts,” the actress is convinced. "I do not want to believe that Sasha is no more. I was sure that he would defeat the disease, because Abdulov is life itself," said RIA Novosti Churikova.
“Young, beautiful, full of creative energy, all kinds of intentions and ideas, Alexander is a fountain of the fifth, and he was not just a dreamer, he realized all his fantasies. He starred and shot a movie, drove the country's play“ Bremen musicians, ”says Churikova. She said that she called up with Abdulov a few days ago. What mounts the film. Imagine? ”, Rubed Abdulova’s colleague on stage and a film screen.“ He left when everything was so good in his personal life - a beloved woman was nearby, a child was born. He once told me that he was bored for the first time around the house, ”said the artist. According to her, Abdulov, like all artists, cared much about his health and often went out to play performances to patients.“ The disease and Abdulov - these things seemed incompatible, ”the people's artist concluded.
“He was an amazing partner,” said People's Artist of Russia Elena Proklova. “Sasha was such a handsome man and such a wide person that the whole crew was in love with him. It was a fireworks,” she recalls.
According to director Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexander Abdulov was an amazing person, "no stardom." “You know, Sasha complained all the time that I was shooting him in the mass of the mass, of course, it wasn’t the case, but all these were not the main roles and they were not the main ones because he was a man, as I called him, a multi-station. He set, starred, played in the theater, conceived some festivals, his famous backwards in Lenkom, helped to restore the churches. That's why he was removed from such small ones, but she had removed from such small Bright roles, such as, for example, Anthony Marston in Ten Negro, ”said ITAR -TASS GOLOUKHIN.
About the last role of Abdulov in the film "Artist" the director said that he had offered him this role. "I called and said:" Sasha, you are all complaining that I take you off in the crowd, here is a role with words. How do you agree? "" Yes, I agree, "he said, without reading the script. He did not always read the script at all." “In“ Ten Negro ”, he is killed first, remember. Here he read to the place where he was killed and no longer read the script. Then he was imposed the whole picture, and who was the killer. Everyone was fooling him. He was such an atmosphere on the site,” Govorukhin shared his memories. Personal communication with the actor “for 30 years was still short and fila,” he concluded.
Emanuel Vitorgan is convinced that Abdulov will not be remembered, but to remember. "Abdulov remained for us a man who will not be remembered, but to remember a lot," said People's Artist of Russia. “The whole creative and household life of Alexander Abdulov was always in sight, and this was used by the“ yellow press ”, many journalists now should regret that they were adding about Sasha, who received a sufficient amount of shit from them,” Vitorgan said. He added that with Alexander Abdulov he happened not only to work hard, but also to be friends.
According to the press services of the Kremlin and the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation, the condolences of the relatives and friends of the actor was expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and government Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.
“Sincerely condolences to the relatives, friends and colleagues of Alexander Gavrilovich Abdulov in connection with the care of the life of this wonderful actor,” the prime minister’s telegram said, in particular. “The loss is irreparable. The forces of the spirit and courage are on you on these mournful days,” added Zubkov.
The last time in public, Alexander Abdulov appeared in the middle of December last year in the Kremlin: President Putin at the ceremony awarded him the Order for Merit to the Fatherland of the Fourth degree.
People's Artist of Russia Alexander Abdulov died today in Moscow in the center of cardiovascular surgery named after Bakulev. He died in the 55th year of his life after a serious illness - he had a fourth degree of lung cancer.
