The director of the Vakhtangov Theater, Kirill Krok, on Thursday, January 28, confirmed the news of the death of the People’s Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy.
“He died. Yes, he died, ”he said, unable to hold back his tears.
Earlier on Thursday evening, it became known that People’s Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy had died in Moscow at the age of 88.
On January 2, it became known that Lanovoy was hospitalized. His wife Irina Kupchenko said that on December 31, the actor did a test for antibodies and he was found to have “a large number of them.” The artist’s first and repeated PCR tests for coronavirus gave positive results.
In the afternoon, on January 28, his friend, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Moscow City Duma deputy Yevgeny Gerasimov, said that the actor’s condition was very grave and confirmed that Lanovoy was connected to a mechanical ventilation apparatus (IVL).