The writer Eduard Uspensky died

The writer Eduard Uspensky died in Moscow at the age of 80. This was reported by TASS with reference to the daughter of the writer Irina.

According to the source of Interfax, this happened in his house in New Moscow.

Earlier it was reported that the writer found a malignant neoplasm. On August 9, the source of agency in the medical circles of Moscow said that the Assumption lost consciousness at home, he needed urgent help.

Uspensky was born in Yegoryevsk near Moscow in 1937. In 1961, he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute, but became famous as a children's writer and author of scripts for cartoons. Among the popular characters invented by him are the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, the cat Matroskin, Uncle Fedor, the postman Pechkin, the dog, the ball, the brothers Kolobok, guarantee men.