Actor Mikhail Derzhavin passed away

Actor Mikhail Derzhavin died at the age of 81. This was reported on the official page of the Moscow Satire Theater on Facebook.

According to RIA Novosti, the actor died "after a long serious illness." The date of farewell and funeral will become known later.

Mikhail Derzhavin - Soviet and Russian actor of the theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR. Since 1968 he worked at the Moscow Satire Theater. Friend and regular partner in the pop numbers of Alexander Shirvindt. In the mid -1980s, they conducted the Morning Mail program, and since 2013 - the program “I want to know”.

He played in the film “Three in the boat, not counting the dog” by Naum Birman, was a regular participant in the “Object of 13 Chairs” in the role of Pan of the host.