Overview
- The State Academic Theatre named after Evgeny Vakhtangov announced that its leading actor Vladimir Simonov has died.
- RIA Novosti relayed a Mash Telegram report attributing the death to chronic cardiovascular disease on the background of arterial hypertension.
- No medical authority or family has issued an official statement confirming the reported cause.
- Simonov studied at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, worked at MHAT in the 1980s, and returned to Vakhtangov in 1989, remaining there for the rest of his career.
- He was named People’s Artist of Russia and received the Order of Friendship (2018) and the Order of Honour (2025), as outlets noted differing age references at the time of death.