Tonight, at the age of 80, People's Artist of the RSFSR, one of the founders of the Sovremennik Theater, Igor Kvasha, died, the press service of Channel One told Interfax, citing the Sovremennik Theater. In 1978, Kvasha received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2006, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class, and in 2008, he received a letter of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation.