“The Mossovet Theater reports with deep regret that on November 15, 2020, at the age of 60, Honored Artist of Russia Yuri Vyacheslavovich Cherkasov died,” the statement said.

Farewell to the artist will be held on November 17 at the theater.

Cherkasov will be buried at the Mitinsky cemetery.

On the night of November 14, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan died.

The ex-wife of the artist Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel, called the death of the actor an irreplaceable loss for the Russian theater.