In Perm, 20-year-old actor of the theater “On the Bridge” Semyon Osokin-Portnoy drowned. In this respect informs portal 59.ru, which refers to the father of the actor Sergei.
His father claimed that on July 5, Semyon was resting on the river with a girl and friends. Sergei considers his death a tragic accident.
“I swam to the island, apparently decided to stay close to the shore, relaxed and there was a cliff. He did not like swimming very much, apparently he wanted to take a walk on the island. It was too far to run and swim from the main shore,” said the father.
Sergei also noted that he had to pull the body of his son from the water himself.
“There was no one to save. Rescuers and divers did not go. I researched and bought it myself. The next morning,” he said.
20-year-old Semyon studied at the acting department of the local Perm State Institute of Culture on the course of Sergei Fedotov, played many roles in the theater “On the Bridge”.
The young man’s teacher, actress Tatyana Zharkova, noted that recently Osokin-Portnoy has shown particular success. Recently, he received two Grand Prix for the best male role at the festival of speech art “Living Russian Word” and at the theater festival “Step” in Barnaul.
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