The satirist Arkady Arkanov died

In Moscow, the satirist and playwright Arkady Arkanov died. A message about this appeared this morning on the website of the Moscow Academic Satire Theater, with which the writer collaborated. A little later, the information about the death of Arkanov was confirmed by TASS in the reference central clinical hospital.

Arkady Arkanov was hospitalized on March 14 with complaints of chest pain and difficulty breathing, recalls Interfax . The ambulance took him from the evening of Memory of Grigory Gorin, where Arkanov was a host.

The People's Artist of the RSFSR Arkady Arkanov wrote about one and a half dozen books and plays that were staged on the stage of the Satire Theater. He was the author and one of the creators of the Club of 12 Chairs (Literary Newspaper), led the TV shows "Around Laughter" and "White Parrot". He was 81 years old.