Actor Vladimir Etush died

People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush died at the 97th year of his life, TASS reports with reference to the director of the Vakhtangov Theater Kirill Krok. "Vladimir Abramovich died today at 12:30 in the hospital, where he was taken the day before, on Friday," he said.

According to the magazine "Theatrical" , on March 8, the actor became ill, he was hospitalized unconscious in the ambulance in the intensive care of one of the Moscow hospitals, but it was not possible to save him.

A source from the artist’s entourage specified TASS that about a month ago, Etush experienced an extensive heart attack, after which the disease was aggravated. “Last night, he was called an ambulance and unconscious of the artist was taken to one of the capital's hospitals,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

According to him, the costs of burial will be taken over by the state and the theater. "Etush until the last moment played on stage and after Zeldin's death (the actor of the Russian Army Theater Vladimir Zeldin died in 2016 at the age of 101. - Note Newsru.com ) said that he remained the oldest," Etosha said.

Farewell to the People's Artist of the USSR will be held on Tuesday, March 12, in the theater. Vakhtangov. The farewell ceremony will begin at 10:00. On the same day, the artist will be buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in a family crypt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, published on the Kremlin’s website , called this “courageous, honest person”. "Vladimir Etush was a truly national artist, the genuine legend of the famous Vakhtang school. He was known and loved by millions of people for fidelity to their calling and remarkable work in the theater and cinema, for the youth of the soul and the generosity of talent. The bright memory of Vladimir Abramovic Ethos will forever remain in our hearts," the telegram says.

In July 2018, Etush went to the hospital after he felt bad during the rest in Italy. The actor spent a little more than a week in the clinic, after which he went to the sanatorium in the suburbs. In early December, for the first time after an illness, he entered the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater, playing the main role in the play "Benifis".

Then it was reported that he was "in excellent shape - vigorous, fresh, optimistic." However, at the end of January, the theater removed the “benefit” from the repertoire due to the health of the artist. As reported on the theater’s website , recently, the production has repeatedly had to replace or cancel at the last moment due to the “unimportant well-being” of Etush, who became difficult to play a three-hour performance.

The Benefis was set two years ago by Vladimir Ivanov based on the play of Nadezhda Ptushkina "while she was dying" and all this time went on monthly with full halls.

In June 2017, Etush was in intensive care after falling on the steps of the clinic. His wife Elena, in an angry post, called the lack of convenient parking for visitors the reason: while she was looking for a place, the 95-fly Etush tried to independently overcome the steps and fell.

Vladimir Abramovich Etush was born in Moscow on May 6, 1922, but in the documents the year of birth is 1923: his mother wanted him to join the army later. The future actor from childhood participated in amateur performances and school performances. At the same time, he initially tried to enter the directorial in GITIS, but failed in exams.

With the help of the chief director of the Vakhtangov Theater Ruben Simonov Etush in 1940, he became a free listener at the Schukinsky School at the theater. The study was interrupted by the war where Etush went as a volunteer. Since the future artist knew German, he was sent to the school of military translators.

At the front, Etush fought in the mountainous areas of Kabarda and Ossetia, took part in the liberation of Rostov-on-Don and the Ukrainian SSR. In 1943 he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for courage and courage in battles in the Donbass. The award sheet indicates that he "led the company to the enemy and knocked the enemy from the town of Gorodok with a skillful maneuver," "advancing at the Kuibyshevo district center, personally burst into the village with a group of fighters and destroyed eight enemy soldiers and officers in street battles."

In the same year, Etush was seriously injured in the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine and after a long treatment was commissed in the rank of lieutenant, having received a second disability group. In 1944, Etush returned to the fourth year of the Schukin school and a year later he graduated, after which he entered the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater and remained faithful to his stage until the end.

In 1953, Etush made his debut in the cinema. On the screen, his most recognizable images became the roles in the three comedies of Leonid Gaidai - Saakhov in the Caucasian captive, Shpak in "Ivan Vasilievich changes the profession", engineer Brunes in "12 chairs", as well as Karabas -Barabas in "adventures of Pinocchio" and the evil magician of Malgrim in the picture "July 31." In total, Vladimir Etush starred in more than thirty films and series.

In the memoirs, Etush wrote that after the role of Saakhov, he feared a negative reaction from the Caucasians. However, it turned out the other way around. “But he came to the bazaar, they almost began to wear it in his arms. They surrounded him from all sides, began to treat them with vying. Although, as I understood, the Azerbaijanis believed that the Saakhov Armenian, the Armenians - that the Azerbaijani, Georgians also did not take for their own,” the Russian Air Force quoted.

Vladimir Etush is the full holder of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". In May 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the presentation of this award of the 1st degree "for an outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art and many years of creative activity."

In addition, this laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art, the holder of the Kumir, Crystal Turandot, Theater Star, the Golden Mask, the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation named after People's Artist of the USSR M.I. Tsareva, the film "Nika" in the honorary nomination "Honor and dignity" of the name Eldar Ryazanov. In 2007, one of the streets of the city of Malgobek in Ingushetia was named after Vladimir Etush.

In September 2013, Channel One mistakenly announced the death of Etosha, who was then 90 years old, and, as the writer Maria Arbatova said, refused to give a refutation contrary to the request of Etosha himself. The artist’s wife confirmed that the “chief chief” of the channel, in response to a demand to give public refutation, said: “And you do not tell me!” Subsequently, the TV channel still apologized to the actor.

In 2016, Veteran Etosha was offended without inviting on May 9 to the Kremlin or the Victory Parade on Red Square. After the publicity of history, the head of the Moscow Culture Department, Alexander Kibovsky, gave the artist his tickets to the parade.

Another scandal erupted in 2017, when it became known about the embezzlement of Etush 28 million rubles . In the case, a friend of the artist and a financial consultant of the family was detained - the former chairman of the National Bank of Abkhazia Daur Bargandjia .

In 2013, Vladimir and Elena Etushi agreed to the proposal of Barganjia to place their funds in the Swiss bank, where he allegedly had close ties, but four years later the former banker refused to return the money to them. In November 2017, Barganjia returned 765 thousand dollars to the actor, and in January 2018 he was released from arrest.