The humorist Mikhail Zadornov died. Maxim Galkin spoke about the family of Mikhail Zadornov and his refusal of treatment
“I am in terrible grief,” TV presenter and comedian Yevgeny Petrosyan told RBC. “Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov is a unique phenomenon in the genre of humor. In addition to being one of the most witty people in the genre, I believe he was a philosopher of humor who helped people practically navigate life. His humor helped us understand what the meaning of the current moment is in this or that area of our life,” said Petrosyan. According to him, Zadornov achieved mutual understanding with the majority of his viewers, which "turned into some kind of spiritual interaction." "As an artist he has not died, he will remain for decades to come useful people, so he will live,” Petrosyan believes.
“He was an amazing person and a delightful satirist. This is a huge loss,” director Stanislav Govorukhin, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, told RBC.
“It is sad that he left, although it has been known for a long time about his illness. But whenever it happens, it's very unexpected and very sad. Misha was a very talented and very private person. Misha was always on his own, independent in every sense creative person. We have known him for 50 years, but we saw him three or four times a year, not more often, ”playwright and screenwriter Arkady Inin told RBC.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin named Zadornov "an outstanding artist and witty chronicler of the era."
The press service of the REN TV channel RBC also reported that in connection with the death of Zadornov, the channel will revise the broadcast schedule for Friday evening.
Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala. In 1974 he graduated from the Faculty of Aircraft Engines of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). During the training, he took part in the games of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful. After graduating from the institute, he worked at the Moscow Aviation Institute as an engineer at the department of aerospace heat engineering. In the second half of the 1970s, there was artistic director, playwright and director of the MAI student variety theater.
The first performance of the satirist on Soviet television took place in 1982: during one of the concerts, he performed the monologue "Letter from a first-year student to parents." In 1984-1985 he headed the department of satire and humor in the magazine "Youth", then for two years he worked as the head of the theater of the Club. F.E. Dzerzhinsky (now - Cultural Center FSB). In the second half of the 1980s, Zadornov began performing with his own concerts.
On December 31, 1991, a comedian during New Year's show spoke with a New Year's address to the people of Russia. The address of the country's President Boris Yeltsin was shown a day earlier.
Since the mid-2000s, Zadornov, in his monologues, has often criticized the "American way of life" and that the Russians imitate it.
Mikhail Zadornov in autumn 2016 told that he has serious health problems. The satirist did not go into details about his condition, but noted that the treatment "is going to be difficult and long", in particular, he will have to undergo chemotherapy. On October 23, he was hospitalized, the day before that, the comedian had an epileptic seizure right during a performance on the stage of the Moscow recreation center "Meridian". It was reported that Zadornov was diagnosed with brain cancer.
“I am convinced that the patient’s condition is his own business, and it should not become a subject of discussion in the press,”
They say that the biography of Mikhail Zadornov consists entirely of humorous philosophy and a pan-Slavic hitch. The satirist is loved and respected not only in Russia - he is known in all countries of the post-Soviet space. His subtle humor is sometimes so sharp that in some countries (for example, in Ukraine and America), they no longer let him in, offended by the barbs. The heroes of Mikhail Zadornov's monologues are taken directly from life, which is why they are so recognizable and "convex". Many of the writer's expressions become aphorisms and are parsed into quotations. He is rightfully considered the best comedian Russia.
The writer-satirist comes from the most beautiful resort town Latvia - Jurmala: here he was born in the summer of 1948. His father Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov was an actor and famous writer. Most of his works are historical in nature. For the novel "Cupid Father" he was awarded the Stalin Prize. The mother of Mikhail Zadornov - Elena Melchiorovna Pokorno-Matusevich - is of noble origin.
She is from a family whose roots stretch from the king of Poland, Stefan Batory. Her marriage to the father of Mikhail Zadornov is the second. The first husband was an employee of the ministry, from whom the eldest son Lollius, the half-brother of the satirist, was born to the woman. Elena Melchiorovna worked as a proofreader in one of the Ufa newspapers. There she met her second husband. In this marriage, Mikhail and his older sister Lyudmila, who became a teacher, were born. in English.
Mikhail Zadornov as a child Little Misha grew up in a world of fantasy, literature and travel. In addition to children's fairy tales, the father read to his son the works of Ivan Goncharov, and. The future satirist writer studied at the Riga elite school No. 10, in which mainly the children of high officials were educated.
Theatrical career of Mikhail Zadornov began in school years. The little artist first appeared on stage in the 2nd grade. He was entrusted to play the turnip. The audience liked the scene of pulling the turnip out of the ground so much that they asked to repeat it for an encore. In a costumed bear from the production of Alexander Ostrovsky " Plum» Michael also reincarnated convincingly. He growled so naturally that he was accepted into the school drama club on a full-time basis.
When the young artist grew up, he actively performed at all events with his own humorous works and even created a school theater of miniatures.
After graduating from school, Mikhail Zadornov, at the request of his father, entered the Moscow Aviation Institute, which he successfully graduated in 1974 and received the specialty of a mechanical engineer. Over the next four years, he worked within the walls of the Moscow Aviation Institute at the Department of Aerospace Heat Engineering, where he achieved considerable success: he “grew up” from an ordinary employee to a leading engineer.
creative career
In 1974, Mikhail Zadornov created the Rossiya student agitation theater, whose creative work won fans throughout the post-Soviet space, and also passed a test of strength in state institutions, which resulted in a prestigious award Lenin Komsomol.
Along with theatrical creativity Michael developed his writing activity. After the publication of the bold work "An Open Letter to the Secretary General", he began to be recognized not only in Russia, but also in Europe.
Zadornov's debut on television took place in 1982, but loud popularity came two years later, in 1984, after reading his satirical story "The Ninth Car".
Since the beginning of the 90s, the writer and artist has become the author-screenwriter and host of the well-known TV programs "Laughing Panorama", "Full House", "Daughters-Mothers", "Satirical Forecast".
The comedian-satirist considers his most famous speech New Year's greetings Russians in 1991, due to which the broadcast of the chiming clock had to be shifted for a minute. In that difficult period in the fate of the country, it was he who was entrusted with the main television performance of the year.
Since 1990 creative career Zadornova gained momentum, and many of his books were published. The legendary works of the satirist writer were “I don’t understand!”, “Hitch”, “End of the world”, “Return”, “We are all from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”.
For his creative work, Mikhail Zadornov received many prestigious awards. He is the winner of the Ovation, Golden Calf and Cup awards.
Thanks to his unique talent, the artist received an apartment next door to high-ranking officials, such as Alexander Korzhakov and.
The achievements of the writer-humorist include the library he opened, named after his father, as well as the conclusion to the big stage, which is currently friends with Zadornov.
The releases of the Neformat with Mikhail Zadornov program, which are released on Humor FM, are very popular. Here the sharpest, "unformatted" jokes of the satirist sound.
Mikhail Nikolayevich is also known for his sharp attacks and dislike for America and its inhabitants. He dedicated a lot of jokes to this topic, accompanied by the meme “Well, stupid-s-s!”. There's a whole program called American Stupidity dedicated to America. In it, Zadornov discusses the influence of the United States on the culture and psychology of Russians, ridicules the ridiculous imitation and thoughtless copying of the American way of life.
A few years ago, Mikhail Zadornov at the competition " New wave"Met a young musician and performer from Germany, Brandon Stone. He not only sings himself, but also writes songs for many famous European artists. In collaboration with Brandon, Mikhail Nikolaevich performs at many of his concerts. For example, in 2011, at Zadornov's concert "Laughter Through Laughter", Brandon Stone performed lines-answers from new songs, complementing the comedian's performances.
The friendship of Mikhail Zadornov and which has grown into cooperation has long been known. It was not uncommon for two stars to meet to joke together. Many of their meetings appeared on YouTube and became popular with Internet users. The satirist and the director met on Mikhalkov's author's Besogon TV channel, where they talked about politics and some ugly events in modern life.
Scandals
Throughout creative activity The satirist writer was repeatedly subjected to merciless criticism. He was accused of plagiarism of historical and humorous stories, for which he sometimes had to pay impressive amounts of compensation.
In 2009, Mikhail Zadornov was convicted of plagiarism from the blog of the Israeli writer Victoria Reicher. The satirist admitted that he borrowed from Reicher a retelling of the story about a cat scientist and settled the dispute with a monetary compensation of 100,000 rubles.
Adaptation is and widely famous story Mikhail Zadornov entitled "Notes of a brick hunter". It is based on an American urban legend.
In 2010, at one of his concerts, which was broadcast on Channel One, the satirist allowed himself to offend the female population of Vladivostok. He said that in the city all women are dressed like in glossy magazines, "that is, all the girls in Vladivostok look like prostitutes." The satirist did not apologize for this “joke”, although this was demanded of him by a considerable Internet community in the northern city.
Residents of Vladivostok “punished” the artist in a peculiar way: in the spring of 2010, toilet paper “Brawler Bear” and “Patch Paper” went on sale, on the packaging of which a satirist was depicted.
Mikhail Zadornov insulted the women of Vladivostok Not everyone welcomes the historical and philological "research" of Mikhail Zadornov, calling them pseudo-historical and ignorant. For example, Viktor Zhivov, Doctor of Philology, professor at Moscow State University, specializing in the history of the Russian language, told the satirist in the program “Gordon Quixote” that he was a layman and brought “ignorance to the masses”.
Mikhail Zadornov used to be in the spotlight of the tabloids IN Lately The satirist paid special attention, for which he was included in the "black" list of persons non grata of the Ukrainian government, forbidding him to enter the territory of Ukraine. Recall that many other stars of Ukrainian and Russian show business also fell into disfavor.
But Mikhail Zadornov did not consider his ban on entry into Ukraine a tragedy. “It would be worse if I was banned from leaving this country,” the humorist commented on the Ukrainian political decision.
Zadornov was denied entry not only to Ukraine, but also to the United States.
Personal life
Officially, in his personal life, Mikhail Zadornov was married only once. His chosen one was the daughter of the ex-secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina. With her, the future satirist studied at the same school, and then at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Velta, a beautiful and smart girl from a wealthy family, knew her worth. Mikhail had to look after her for a long time and seek favor. The beauty “surrendered” only in the early 1970s. Then the couple got married. And although there were no children in this marriage, all the acquaintances of the satirist writer considered the family strong.
Mikhail Zadornov and Velta Kalnberzina As it turned out, the marriage began to crack at the seams in the late 1980s, when the artist's career was rapidly gaining momentum. It was then that Mikhail Zadornov met a beautiful young woman who worked as an administrator at the festival in which he took part. Elena Bombina was younger artist for 16 years. The novel did not become a simple affair, as many thought, but grew into something more.
The personal life of Mikhail Zadornov with Elena Bombina has developed happily. They lived in a civil marriage. In 1990, a woman gave the artist her only daughter, Elena.
Mikhail Zadornov with his wife Elena and daughter The wife, with whom Mikhail Zadornov lived for a long 38 years, found out about her husband's second family when his daughter was born. Velta Yanovna, of course, was upset by the "double" life of her husband, but managed to cope with her feelings. In the end, she even found the strength to be happy for her husband, because he had a child that she could not give him.
Rumor has it that Mikhail Zadornov did not terminate the legal marriage with his first wife.
Mikhail Zadornov and Elena Bombina The artist's friends said that he was at the height of happiness when he had a daughter. He tried to give her everything that he was deprived of in childhood. Elena Zadornova with young years traveled all over the world with my dad. She traveled to Vienna, Paris, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Greece and Africa. Traveled all corners of Russia.
The daughter inherited his artistic genes from her father. Elena Zadornova graduated theater university(RATI-GITIS). It is noteworthy that the girl managed not to get sick " star disease', as happened to many children famous artists. She does not appear on TV, does not use her father's influence to achieve some goals, does not give interviews and does not go to various rating shows to become recognizable.
Disease
In late autumn 2016, it became known that. The artist first felt unwell at a concert in the capital's recreation center "Meridian". Doctors diagnosed him with a brain tumor. The artist himself announced this on his page on the social network. He said that most concerts, especially those that require many hours of flights, had to be canceled, as doctors recommended that he urgently undergo chemotherapy. Zadornov was forced to leave the program "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show", which was successfully broadcast on NTV.
At the beginning of the winter of that year, Mikhail Zadornov underwent a course of treatment in a German clinic. In December, he underwent a brain biopsy.
The alarming news that the artist, beloved by millions, is sick and has cancer, instantly scattered in the information space. He confirmed the rumors in his program. After that, there was no point in hiding the diagnosis, although the satirist did not want to advertise his state of health.
Mikhail Zadornov did not deny the information, but asked his fans not to worry and not make unnecessary noise. He also assured everyone that he was following the recommendation of Daria Dontsova, who had the same illness, “not to give up and keep yourself in good shape.”
And his loyal fans helped to keep Mikhail Zadornov in good shape. They send humorous videos to their favorite artist, which he enjoys watching on the Internet. Zadornov even asked his subscribers to send him more videos, the best of which he promised to award with prizes.
At the very beginning of 2017, the legendary satirist was informed about the state of health. She confirmed that Mikhail Zadornov underwent a complex operation and underwent a long course of treatment and rehabilitation.
Death
Shortly before the death of the satirist, the media reported that Mikhail Nikolaevich, choosing Archpriest Andrei Novikov as his mentor. On November 8, the priest consecrated Zadornov.
Today it became known about the death of the famous satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov. The author of legendary jokes has died at the age of 70.
A little over a year ago, viewers and friends of the writer noticed that Zadornov looks very bad. The assumptions were the most terrible. Mikhail Nikolayevich himself hid for a long time what was happening to him, but in October last year he nevertheless admitted that he had cancer.
According to media reports, doctors discovered the disease when it was already at the last stage. For a year, Mikhail Zadornov fought for his life: he underwent an operation to remove a brain tumor, he underwent a course of chemotherapy. But, unfortunately, the disease too quickly claimed the life of an artist beloved by many.
As the co-chairman of the Union of Patients of Russia, neurologist Yan Vlasov, told Life earlier, tumors of the central nervous system, tumors of the head, especially those located in the region of the skull, very difficult to diagnose. Until the doctor "feels" it himself, there is always the possibility that the diagnosis is actually different.
There are cases when the tumor "hangs" for years, and then one fine day it grows three times, and the person can die, he added.
Most likely, Mikhail Zadornov had glioblastoma - this is the most aggressive type of brain tumor. On average, they live with her from nine months to a year, says oncologist surgeon Konstantin Titov.
As the doctor said, unfortunately, malignant tumors are almost always in the initial stages. are asymptomatic. Especially - education in the brain.
Despite the fact that the brain is a small organ, it has a small free space, - said Konstantin Titov. - Most often, the tumor grows in it, pushes the brain tissue apart. When headaches, dizziness, blurred vision or gait appear, these are already large and, most likely, inoperable tumors.
The oncologist recalled which stars had or have the same disease: singer Zhanna Friske, actor Valery Zolotukhin and others. They also had brain tumors.
A brain tumor is a fatal tumor. The patient has virtually no chance of a full recovery. We know that the singer Zhanna Friske was treated for a long time with the most modern medicines by the best specialists in Europe and America. Alas, her life could not be saved. Even an operation often does not give any guarantee - the tumor may grow again. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease. If we can even assume what causes lung cancer (most often smoking), then in the case of brain oncology, this is just fate, said Konstantin Titov.
Mikhail Zadornov became famous as a popularly beloved satirist, humorist, actor and member of the Writers' Union of Russia. He has more than ten books to his credit, including lyric and satirical stories, humoresques, essays, travelogues and plays.
Mikhail Zadornov- famous Russian writer, satirist, humorist, famous short stories with whom he himself performed on the stage. Member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Author of over ten books. He acted in films. After a serious illness, Mikhail Zadornov passed away on November 10, 2017.
Childhood and education of Mikhail Zadornov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala (Latvian SSR). Michael's father is famous Soviet writer Nikolai Zadornov (1909−1992). Zadornov Sr. was a laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree for the novel "Amur Father", worked as an actor and director in theaters of Siberia and Far East. Mikhail's mother is Elena Melkhiorovna Zadornova, nee Pokorno-Matusevich (1909-2003). Elena Zadornova worked as a proofreader, met her second husband in the Ufa newspaper. The first husband was a ministerial worker. By nationality, the mother of Mikhail Zadornov is Polish. Her father, the grandfather of Mikhail Zadornov, Melchior Iustinovich Pokorno-Matusevich was a nobleman and a royal officer. In the biography of Zadornov, it is noted that, through his mother, Mikhail Nikolaevich comes from the old gentry Polish family of Pokorno-Matusevich and the Olizarovsky family, which leads to King Stefan Batory. Paternal grandfather Zadornov Pavel Ivanovich worked as a veterinarian, died in prison, and was rehabilitated in 1956. Grandmother - Vera Mikhailovna Zadornova.
Father and mother of Mikhail Zadornov (Photo: zadornov.net)
Mikhail Zadornov has a brother Lolly (1930) and an older sister, Lyudmila Nikolaevna Zadornova (1942), who works as an English teacher at the Baltic International Academy.
Mikhail Zadornov in childhood (Photo: zadornov.net)
Mikhail Zadornov graduated from the Riga high school No. 10. After school, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), as the writer himself wrote in his autobiography, in those years he dreamed of becoming an outstanding scientist, nuclear physicist, or designer of spaceships. From the first time, Zadornov did not enter the MAI because of the four in literature, but later Mikhail Zadornov transferred from the Riga Polytechnic Institute to the Moscow Aviation Institute with the loss of a year - from the third year to the second. Zadornov graduated from the institute in 1974 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Started there work biography engineer at the department "Aviation and space heat engineering". Became Lead Engineer. At the same time, already in 1974 he began to publish. Also in the 70s, Mikhail Zadornov was the director of the student theater MAI "Russia". As Zadornov recalled, "MAI was deciphered as the Moscow Actors Institute with a slight aviation bias."
Main director propaganda theater Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov at a rehearsal (left); scene from the prologue of the play by Mikhail Zadornov staged by laureate I All-Russian festival amateur creativity of workers, laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the propaganda theater "Russia" of the Moscow Aviation Institute, 1980 (Photo: Alexander Sentsov / TASS)
Creativity of the writer and humorist
Mikhail Zadornov made his debut as a comedian on television in 1982 with the monologue "A student's letter home." A few years later, Zadornov became famous by reading the story "The Ninth Car". In addition to the author himself, his miniatures were performed by many famous performers those years. Zadornov's stories in those years were so popular that after the collapse of the USSR on December 31, 1991, the comedian even made a New Year's address to the inhabitants of the already collapsed Union. Thus, at that amazing time, it was Mikhail Zadornov who summed up a kind of result for the existence of the USSR.
Satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov, 1993 (Photo: Alexander Sentsov and Alexander Chumichev / TASS)
In those years, Mikhail Zadornov could often be seen and heard in such programs as Full House, Laugh Panorama, Satirical Forecast, Daughters and Mothers, the satirist was a member of the jury of the KVN program. Over time, Mikhail Zadornov moved to big solo concerts In addition, he continued to write books. The first collection of Zadornov's stories, "A Line 15,000 Meters Long," was released back in 1988, followed by "The Mystery of the Blue Planet," "I Don't Understand!", "The Return." In 1997, a four-volume book by Mikhail Zadornov was published - “A great country with an unpredictable past”, then “We are all from Chi-Chi-Chi-Pi”, “Tiny Stars”, “Zadorinki”. Also from the pen of Zadornov came the one-act comedy " Modern people”And a cheerful play for the sad movie“ Blouse ”.
Premiere of the play "Blouse" directed by Vyacheslav Spesivtsev play of the same name famous satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov took place yesterday at the MET (Moscow Experimental Theater) Spesivtsev. Pictured: Mikhail Zadornov (left) and Vyacheslav Spesivtsev after the premiere (left), 2002 (Photo: Tatyana Balashova / TASS)
Comic Tournament "Big Hat" Description: Russia. Moscow. November 12, 1992 Tournament participants (from left to right) - Shamil Tarpishchev, adviser to the President of Russia on sports, Secretary of State Gennady Burbulis, writer Mikhail Zadornov and director of the Kremlin Cup - 92 tournament Eugene Scott in the Moscow sports complex "Olympic", 1992 (Photo : Roman Denisov/TASS)
Long years Zadornov remained one of the most popular comedians in Russia; many hours of performances by the satirist were regularly shown on TV. He continued to publish books, so, only in 2016 five books were published: “Russians are a brain explosion”, “Runes Prophetic Oleg”, “Encyclopedia of national stupidity”, “The whole truth about Russia” and “Invented in the USSR”. In 2017, Zadornov released Perky Pulp and big concert Mikhail Zadornov. The official website of the writer says that Mikhail Zadornov cannot influence the prices of his books in stores, so he decided to sell them on the Internet.
Laureates of the "Ovation" award: Masha Rasputina (in the nomination "Soloist of the Year") and Mikhail Zadornov (in the nomination " Best Writer- satirist of the year "), 1999 (Photo: Sergey Miklyaev / TASS)
In his speeches, the USA and the Americans got a lot from Zadornov, the phrase "they are stupid" ran like a red thread through the satirist's concerts.
Satirical writer Mikhail Zadornov and host of the TV program "Full House" Regina Dubovitskaya (right) during the performance "Full House Gets High" in the Central concert hall"Russia", 1997 (Photo: Sergey Dzhevakhashvili / TASS)
Since 2006, Mikhail Zadornov has been actively performing amateur exercises in the etymology of Russian words, which have often been criticized.
Personal life of Mikhail Zadornov
The first wife of Mikhail Zadornov - Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina - was born in 1948, daughter former first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia. Zadornov and Velta Kalnberzina got married in 1971.
The second wife of Zadornov - Elena Vladimirovna Bombina - was born in 1964, works as an administrator for the writer.
Mikhail Zadornov with his wife, 2016 (Photo: instagram.com/zadornovmn)
Mikhail Zadornov's daughter Elena was born in 1990. In 2009 she entered GITIS.
Mikhail Zadornov's illness
In October 2016, Mikhail Zadornov was forced to cancel part of the concerts scheduled for autumn and winter and leave the Saltykov-Shchedrin Show project on the NTV channel. The reason was serious condition Zadornov's health. “I really have to cancel some of the shows before the New Year. First of all, those that are far from Moscow and require flights and long-distance heavy journeys. In the body, unfortunately, a serious ailment was found, which is characteristic not only of age. It is necessary to treat immediately, ”the writer commented on the latest health news on the VKontakte social network, without specifying what kind of disease he was diagnosed with.
Zadornov said where he is now, explaining that he will be treated in one of the best clinics in the Baltics. “I warn journalists: it is useless to call me, it is useless to look for me. And it is unlikely that you in this clinic will answer something specific about me. It is also pointless to call my relatives. I didn’t really tell them anything either, ”said the 68-year-old humorist.
Later, Zadornov denied rumors that he had incurable lung cancer and advised not to believe the "reliable newspapers" that write about it. Also, the writer had to “justify himself” that he was being treated in Latvia. “And now about the criticism, they say, Zadornov stigmatizes the EU, and he went there for treatment. I explain: there are doctors who have been observing me for many, many years. And I have been living for a long time. And these doctors retained the best of Soviet medicine, and did not completely fall under the EU protocol, ”Mikhail Zadornov answered his critics.
Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko and satirist Mikhail Zadornov (left to right) at the opening of the museum-gallery in Peredelkino, which displays paintings from the personal collection of Yevgeny Yevtushenko and his author's photographs. The event is dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the poet, 2010 (Photo: Evgeny Volchkov / TASS)
Despite the serious state of health, Mikhail Zadornov did not stop his concert activity. On October 22, Zadornov was hospitalized after he became ill during a performance at the Meridian Concert Hall in Moscow. Because of the incident, the concert was interrupted, the artist was helped to leave the stage for the dressing room, after which the ambulance brigade was called.
A few days later, the writer's relatives told where Mikhail Zadornov is now. After an unsuccessful speech, the satirist in a sanatorium, where he felt better, and he set to work.
In February 2017, Zadornov's friend Vladimir Kachan said that the writer underwent a brain biopsy in Germany in December. “Now he is in the rehabilitation department. Doctors do not give any forecasts yet, they say: “Everything goes on as usual!” Treatment in the hospital is expensive. There are no questions about money yet,” Kachan said.
A friend of the writer Maxim Zabelin said that Mikhail Zadornov wanted to leave the hospital in order to attend the filming of Once Upon a Time in America, or ... according to his own script. In the summer of 2017, Zadornov is due to play the role of Donald Trump in this film.
The latest news about Mikhail Zadornov's health was not encouraging, for example, in the news of many media in the summer of 2017 it was reported that Zadornov refused to continue treatment, said goodbye to friends in Russia and decided to stay in Jurmala among people close to him.
With reference to an unnamed friend of the satirist, the news reported that Mikhail Zadornov had brain cancer, the treatment did not help, and the writer was "melting before our eyes." The assistant and secretary of Mikhail Zadornov, Elena Zavarzina, denied this news about his health. Behind breaking news Numerous admirers of his talent followed the state of Zadornov, wishing the writer good health.
In October, Zadornov personally dispelled rumors about health and "inadequate" treatment of brain cancer. According to him, everything that is written in the press about his physical condition upsets him. Especially when famous people they talk about visiting the artist, helping with treatment and “bringing rare medicines prepared in secret laboratories according to recipes found at the UFO crash site.”
In November 2017, Archpriest Andrei Novikov announced that "at the request of relatives and friends, he consecrated Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov." “Two months ago, Mikhail Nikolaevich brought repentance to God in the sacrament of confession in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow. He passes this most difficult period of his life as reconciled with the Holy Church Orthodox Christian. I ask for prayers for the servant of God Mikhail, including, may the merciful Lord forgive him for the years of outrageous flirting with paganism, ”the archpriest’s Facebook page was quoted as saying that producer Iosif Prigozhin considers the death of the famous Russian satirist Mikhail Zadornov a grave loss for the country.
In turn, the singer and composer Igor Nikolaev called Zadornov's decision to return to Orthodoxy before his death a wise step.
There were also those who wanted to promote themselves on the topic of the writer's death. So the satirist writer Yevgeny Shestakov said that Mikhail Zadornov wanted to order texts from him, in order to then publish them under his own name.
“About ten years ago. Zhenya Viktorovich Shestakov is visiting Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov. Who invited him to offer to write texts for him. Which will be published under the name of Mikhail Nikolaevich Zadornov, and Zhenya will receive $ 500 for each. Zhenya refused. 2 witnesses. Sweets and tea were quite okay, ”the news was quoted by Yevgeny Shestakov’s post on Facebook.
In the comments under the writer's message, the musician stood up for Zadornov Yuri Loza, writing: “He honestly offered, you refused. What's wrong? He didn't steal the reprise from you."
Relatives of the satirist noted that Mikhail Zadornov was very ironic about publicity and always guarded his and his relatives' lives from someone else's annoying interference. “Please show respect for his desire not to make a fuss about his death. We did not give our consent to anyone for public discussions of his life and death in various talk shows and other television programs, in the print media and on the radio, ”the appeal of the writer Zadornov’s family was published in the news.
On the afternoon of November 15, Mikhail Zadornov was buried next to his father in the Latvian Jurmala at the Jaundubulti cemetery. The ceremony was attended by relatives and close friends of Mikhail Nikolaevich. The writer's funeral was held in the Alexander Nevsky Church in Riga. When the car with the artist's body left the territory of the cathedral, Zadornov's fans surrounded it. Many could not hold back their tears, the car was seen off with long applause.
The news that he died (the cause of death is cancer) was shocking for the public of the CIS countries.
The famous satirist and writer, who regularly appears on the stage, made the audience laugh heartily and enjoy life. And his sudden death caused a wave of surprise among fans.
The satirist and director of films glorifying the Slavic nation and calling to honor and know their history had a lot of plans for life. Unfortunately, like all great people, he could not realize them to the end ...
creative legacy
The media and fans believe that when Mikhail Zadornov died, whose cause of death was cancer, the whole humorous world was a thing of the past Russian state. After all, only this person was able to translate on stage the stupid behavior of people into an exciting show that gives a lot of positive emotions.
Concert programs with his participation brought the channels on which they were broadcast the highest viewing ratings.
The satirist regularly ridiculed the foreign way of life, their culture and way of life, for which he gained popularity among fans in the countries of the former USSR.
But at the same time, sarcastic criticism led to the fact that Zadornov was banned from entering the United States, which he also skillfully turned into another joke.
In his speeches there was always a share of irony and subtle humor. The artist ridiculed everyday life Russians, clumsily made advertising and foreign words applied in the case and without. His concerts attracted a wide audience, and tickets were sold out a month before the start of the performance. Many Russians and not only dreamed of getting to the Zadornov concert, and for this they were even ready to come to another city.
Since 2010, the satirist began not only to communicate with the audience during his performances, but also mastered Internet sites and social media, where he regularly corresponded with his fans.
He began to run his channel on YouTube under the name Zadornov TV, where he regularly posted his appeals to the audience. And also started official page"Vkontakte" and "LJ", where he posted his stories, reasoning and responded to messages and comments from his fans.
Receiving letters from observant fans, Mikhail Zadornov used them in his speeches, setting aside a separate humorous five-minute section for them.
Since 2016, the satirist began to lead new project together with Alexei Kortnev, called "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show", where there was a lot of satire and humor. The participants of the project performed in real time, improvising.
Despite the fact that just a year later Mikhail Zadornov died, young talents will be able to continue his undertakings and there is no reason that death from cancer destroyed all the many years of work of a researcher and humorist who wanted to change people for the better.
At the concerts of Mikhail Zadornov there was always a full house
Disease history
Since 2016, when it became known about terrible disease comedian, his fans flooded Zadornov with letters, wishing him a speedy recovery. No one believed that a person who can make even the gloomiest person laugh is incapable of defeating cancer.
But, tired of exhausting procedures that did not bring the proper result, but only weakened the body, the humorist decided to stop the treatment, which turned into a real torture for him.
Mikhail Zadornov, 2017
Mikhail Zadornov died in the family circle, the cause of death is a cancerous tumor of the brain.
The fact that he began to have health problems, fans learned in October 2016. During the performance, Zadornov had an attack, due to which the concert had to be interrupted. The called doctors, having arrived at the scene, convinced Mikhail that he needed urgent hospitalization.
After examinations and diagnostics, he was given a terrible diagnosis and was given hope that the treatment could bring results, and doctors could win several years of life for the patient.
Having canceled his summer concerts and having decided that he would defeat cancer, Zadornov, together with his relatives, tried to find the best clinic, where there is a high chance of patients recovering.
After information was leaked to the media that Mikhail Zadornov was undergoing treatment in Germany, the well-known humorist asked the journalists not to create hype around his person.
Chemotherapy was successful and gave positive results. After some time, Mikhail Zadornov began to feel much better. Fans with bated breath awaited news about how the treatment was proceeding, and had no doubt that everything would end well. After all, the 7th decade, for the host healthy lifestyle the life of a person who constantly laughs and smiles is not such a big date.
But at the end of September it became known that the state of health began to deteriorate, and the body ceased to cope with the disease, and chemistries had greatly depleted his body. After the treatment in Germany was completed, Zadornov went for rehabilitation after chemistry to a clinic near Moscow, where he was provided with one of the best wards, in which a nurse was regularly on duty.
After, and the cause of death became known, Orthodox Church announced that the satirist gathered in the city of Moscow. many fans famous humorist were amazed to the core that a man who converted to paganism and openly announced it 10 years ago, suddenly became a Christian.
According to the assurances of the church, they provided this information by agreement with relatives. Whether this is true or fiction is anyone's guess.
The satirist's family
It is known that Mikhail Zadornov was married only once in 1971. His chosen one was Velta Yanovna Kalnberzina, an ambitious beauty and daughter of a famous Latvian politician. My future wife, more unknown world Mikhail had to achieve by all possible means, showing ingenuity and originality.
But even though achieving beautiful woman it was not easy, the ice broke from her heart and they started dating, and then they got married and lived in happy marriage almost ten years.
Mikhail Zadornov really wanted children, but, unfortunately, examinations showed that his wife was barren and could not please her husband with the news of pregnancy. This greatly upset the spouses and introduced some coldness into their relationship. Family life satirist and his beautiful wife went awry.
The reason for the break in relations was Zadornov's career, which rapidly went uphill. Regular absences from home and traveling around the world did not like his woman, who wanted her husband to pay more attention to her.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Zadornov began an affair with Elena Bombina, whom he met at one of his performances. The girl was 16 years younger than the popular satirist, which caused a lot of condemning comments from relatives and friends of the humorist.
Despite a long relationship and living in a civil marriage, Elena never became his official wife. And in 1990, Bombina gave birth to Zadornov a beautiful daughter, whom her parents named Elena. Taking the name of her father and inheriting from him a talent for acting, the girl entered the academy of theatrical art.
Zadornov loved his daughter very much and constantly took part in her upbringing. He collected for her a huge and varied library and taught her to love books.
The satirist tried to diversify his daughter's leisure time and raise her smart and erudite. We can safely say that he succeeded to the fullest.
Zadornov with his wife and daughter
When his legal wife found out that Zadornov had a second family and a child, she was very upset, but did not make a scandal. Velta Yanovna was amazed that her husband was cheating on her, but at the same time she was glad that his dream of becoming a dad had finally come true.
When it was no longer necessary to hide his daughter from his legal wife, Zadornov began to take his daughter Elena with him on trips around the world, showing her the sights of Russia and other countries. Together they traveled around African countries, vacationed in the United Arab Emirates, walked around romantic Vienna and plunged into the no less charming romance of Paris, and also visited Israel and beautiful Greece.
Mikhail Zadornov wanted to give his daughter a colorful and full of interesting impressions and events world, embodying her most cherished desires in life, but he could not fully achieve what he wanted before death, as he died due to a banal cause - cancer.
