Russian actor, stage director Oleg Tabakov dies at 82
Posted March 12, 2018 7:00 am
MOSCOW (AP) - Oleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who for decades was one of the most revered figures in Russia's theater and film communities, has died. He was 82.
The Moscow Art Theater said Tabakov died Monday of an unspecified illness at a Moscow hospital. Tabakov led the theater for the last 18 years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended condolences to Tabakov's family.
Born in the Volga River city of Saratov, Tabakov joined the Sovremennik theater after graduating from a Moscow theater school in 1957. He performed in both classic and modern productions and also became widely popular as a film actor, starring in many Soviet films and lending his voice to cartoon characters.
FILE In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, Moscow Academic theater artistic director and actor Oleg Tabakov attends a meeting of the Presidential Culture Council in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Oleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who has been one of the most revered figures in the Russian theater community and film industries for decades, has died. He was 82. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 file photo artistic director of Moscow's Chekov Theater Oleg Tabakov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, walk in the theater to open the Year of Literature in Moscow, Russia. Oleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who has been one of the most revered figures in the Russian theater community and film industries for decades, has died. He was 82. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gives a medal to artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov during an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Oleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who has been one of the most revered figures in the Russian theater community and film industries for decades, has died. He was 82. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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