Vyacheslav Maksakov, one of the most experienced and sought-after Russian voice-over directors, passed away, writes Puree. He was 76 years old.
According to his Telegram channel, the artist was recently suffering from bronchitis. And he also drank quite a lot of alcohol. The first cause of death is currently listed as heart attack.
During his long career, many famous films were dubbed into Russian with the help of Maksakov: “Dogma”, “Cocaine” with Johnny Depp, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, “Gran Torino”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Eurotrip”, “Freddy vs. Jason”, as well as the cartoon “The Polar Express” and hundreds of other movies.
In addition to working on voice acting, Vyacheslav Zakharovich also starred in the films “An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano” and “The Siberian Barber” directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
At the beginning of August, the Russian dubbing world lost another important figure. Film translator and radio host Leonid Volodarsky dead He is 73 years old.
Previously TV presenter and zoologist Nikolai Drozdov he was angry He was informed that he was diagnosed with cancer. Drozdov called those who spread such information scoundrels and bastards. At the hospital, he denied that his condition was serious.