“I express my deep condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Khoroshevtsev ... The bitterness of the loss, like the scale of his personality, is great, but the voice of Yevgeny Khoroshevtsev will remain in our hearts, and the bright memory of him will always live on,” RIA Novosti quotes Golikov.
She also called Khoroshevtsev "an extraordinary person who took with him an entire era."
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Khoroshevtsev.
According to the widow of the artist Elena Struzhkina, Khoroshevtsev died from the effects of the coronavirus.