"On February 24, 2021, at the age of 87, a Soviet and Russian film expert, playwright, screenwriter, critic and publicist, Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR Dal Konstantinovich Orlov died," the message says.

Orlov was the author of plays and scripts, was a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR and Moscow, the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, the Union of Journalists of Russia and a member of the Russian Theater Society.

On February 22, it became known that the Honored Artist of the RSFSR Ekaterina Gradova died at the age of 75.