Today, from the severe and prolonged illness at the age of 88, the People's Artist of Russia Oleg Anofriev.

His family had nothing to do with the theater and the stage - the father is a doctor, the mother is a housewife. Oleg was the youngest of three sons. Good-Looking was not. Playing in the yard with his peers in the war, almost died when a nearby exploded grenade found in the gateway. Problems with the hand tormented him for the rest of his life. Lived Anofriyevs in Moscow, and from the sixth grade Oleg was already engaged in a drama circle. Even then his vocal data was noticeable.

After graduating from high school Oleg entered the Moscow Art Theater School. Then there were scenes of the Central Children's Theater, Theater V. Mayakovsky, the Mossovet Theater, the theater actor-studio. And there were roles in 52 films, there were songs written and performed by him, which the whole country loved. He was also the host of the telecasts. His performance of the song "There is only a moment" became the leitmotif of the beloved movie and a real anthem of romantics. His voice sounded in other popular films. Well, on the animated cartoons that have become the classics of the genre, not just one generation of people grew up, and it was equally great for him to sound both animals and men and women and men. A popular song from the film "The Path to the Quay" is just one of 50 songs and romances by Oleg Anofriev.

In 1999, Oleg Andreevich released the book "The Soldier and the Ballerina", in which he told about the actors and directors, who happened to work and make friends. There are also collected texts of his songs and poems.

A wonderful artist lived his whole life with a single wife. His Natalya Georgievna is a doctor. The doctor was their daughter Maria. She gave her parents two granddaughters. A great-grandson was named in honor of his grandfather Oleg.

Farewell to your favorite artist will be held at the Central Clinical Hospital on March 30. Anofriev wanted to be buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.