Overview
- The Theatre of Oleg Tabakov said Aleksey Zolotnitsky died on October 25 at age 79 after a prolonged illness.
- A public farewell for Zolotnitsky is scheduled for October 28, according to the Tabakov theatre.
- Zolotnitsky served in the Tabakov troupe since 1989, gained wide recognition for dubbing major international actors, and was noted for a 1987 film role in Ten Little Indians.
- Moscow’s Masterkaya Petra Fomenko announced on October 26 that actor and pedagogue Gennady Nazarov died at age 58, with no cause stated in the report.
- The Fomenko theatre highlighted Nazarov’s nearly two decades teaching at GITIS and the actor workshop he launched with his wife four years ago, noting many current performers were his students.