Daughter of Mikhail Ponomarev called the cause of death of the journalist

The cause of death of Russian journalist and TV presenter Mikhail Ponomarev was a heart attack. This TASS reported his daughter.

"The cause of Dad's death was a heart attack," she said.

On the death of the former host of the program “Vesti” on October 19 reported the National Association of broadcasters. The organization expressed condolences to his family and loved ones. Ponomarev was 57 years old.

The journalist was born on July 18, 1969 in Moscow. In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow External Humanitarian University. A significant part of his career was connected with television news: from 1991 to 1999, Ponomarev led the Vesti program at the RTR, where he also worked as a political observer.

After leaving the RTR, Ponomarev switched to TV-6. From 1999 to 2001, he was the host of the News program. Later, the journalist headed the news service of TV Center.