“I am very, very sad about what happened.

I just didn't expect it.

This is a very bitter event ... It is very bad when talented, good, wonderful masters of their craft leave younger than you, of whom we now have fewer and fewer, "said Kirillov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to family and friends in connection with the death of Khoroshevtsev. 

As the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov noted, Khoroshevtsev was "the voice of the Kremlin", "it was his voice that everyone heard in the comments at the parade, at all the solemn events with the participation of the head of state."