Eduard Uspensky died

Edward Uspensky died, reports the Moscow 24 television channel with reference to the writer's wife.

Also, TASS reported about the death of Uspensky with reference to his daughter.

According to Mash telegram channel, Assumption died on the evening of August 14 in his house in New Moscow. In recent years, the writer suffered from oncological disease.

Uspensky was 80 years old.

• Eduard Uspensky gained fame thanks to the children's books “Crocodile Gene and his friends”, “Vacations in Prostokvashino”, “Uncle Fedor, Dog and Cat”. He acted as a screenwriter of cartoons about these characters. In recent years, the Assumption conflict with the Soyuzmultfilm film studio, accusing her of copyright violations.