Named the preliminary cause of death of the clown Andryusha

The preliminary cause of death of the artist Andrei Nikolaev, known for his stage image of the clown Andryusha, has become known. He died at the age of 86 from peritonitis and necrosis of the gallbladder. telegram channel Mash.

Earlier, he was hospitalized in a Moscow clinic, it was reported that he suffered from an acute stage of obstructive jaundice, but did not want to be operated on.

Nikolaev is the only owner of the main circus prize “Grock’s Golden Mask” in the USSR. He also taught at GITIS, was the mentor of Alla Pugacheva, Alexander Buinov and many other artists.

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