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Died actor from “Attack” and “Fox Hunt” Vasily Popov // The cause of death of actor Vasily Popov was a stroke

Soviet and Russian theater and film actor Vasily Popov died on October 3 at the age of 78. This was reported by the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky.

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Soviet and Russian theater and film actor Vasily Popov died on October 3 at the age of 78. This was reported by the press service of the Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky.

According to TASS, the cause of death was a stroke. Farewell took place on October 6, the birthday of Vasily Popov, in the temple at the Novomoskovsk city cemetery in the Tula region.

Vasily Popov was born in 1947. He worked in the Ryazan Young Spectator Theater, the Altai Regional Drama Theater, the Borisogleb Drama Theater, the Russian Drama and Comedy Theater of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, the Tula Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky and other theaters.

In the Tula Academic Drama Theater he played in the performances “Unpridennyk”, “Happy Day”, “At the Bottom”, “Pollianna”, “Following the Bremen Musicians” and others. In recent years, the artist performed in the Novomoskovsk branch of the theater. He is best known for his roles in the films Attack and Fox Hunt.

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