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Soviet star and New Year s icon Andrei Myagkov dies at 82
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with actor Andrei Myagkov during an awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 25, 2013. Iconic Russian actor Andrei Myagkov,
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.- Andrei Myagkov, a Russian actor whose box office hits including New Year s Eve favourite The Irony of Fate became iconic across the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 82.
Myagkov starred in some of the biggest classics of Soviet cinema and The Irony of Fate a 1976 romantic comedy continues to be watched across Russia and the countries of the ex-Soviet Union on every New Year s Eve.
Andrei Myagkov, a Russian actor whose box office hits including New Year’s Eve favourite The Irony of Fate became iconic across the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow aged 82.
Myagkov starred in some of the biggest classics of Soviet cinema and
The Irony of Fate − a 1976 romantic comedy − continues to be watched across Russia and the countries of the ex-Soviet Union on every New Year’s Eve.
The press service of the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT), where Myagkov worked for decades, said that the “great artist who was loved by the people” passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning.