“Volodya Vysotsky left”: died Ivan Bortnik
On the evening of 4 January became people’s artist of Russia, Soviet and Russian film and theater actor Ivan Bortnik. His wife reported that 79-year-old actor died from a loose blood clot.
People’s artist of Russia, the star performances at the Taganka Theater and the Soviet film Ivan Bortnik died 4 Jan. In April of this year he would have turned 80 years old. About the tragedy via his Facebook page announced his colleague, actor and poet Vladislav Malenko.
“Guys, left my friend Ivan Bortnik… Volodya Vysotsky gone,” wrote Malenko.
The wife of the artist Tatiana Greyhounds has called the possible cause of death of her husband, reports REN-TV. “The doctors say that most likely the clot,” said Greyhounds and added that the actor died on 4 January at around 11 p.m. in Moscow.
Sad news rocked the theatrical environment, and they began to bring their condolences via social media. Actor Stanislav Sadalsky has published in instagram joint photograph of Ivan Bortnik with Vladimir Vysotsky and wrote “goodbye, van.” He also quoted an excerpt from an interview Bortnik, in which the actor said that the glory he had enough money never had, and love, like peace, is not enough — “in this profession can not be spared”.
In August last year, Ivan Bortnik was already hospitalized with a suspected heart attack, but the diagnosis was not confirmed. Informed source told journalists that in early August, the actor independently went to doctors, but hospitalization is not resolved.