The stars taken away by cancer in 2020-2021

The stars taken away by cancer in 2020-2021

Someone fought with oncology for many years, and someone the disease took away in a matter of days.

Alexander Belyaev (71 years old)

January 5, 1949 – July 20, 2020

The viewer remembered Alexander Vadimovich as the most benevolent presenter of the weather forecast. Belyaev learned about his illness nine years before his death. “Someone wrote about lung oncology, and I did not argue,” explained Alexander Vadimovich. Doctors diagnosed him with rectal cancer and type 2017 diabetes. In addition, health was crippled by the death of his wife, she died of leukemia in 19. After going through several operations, Belyaev reasoned that he didn’t need it to be better, the main thing was that it didn’t get any worse. But on July XNUMX, in his house in the village of Meshkovo, he became worse … It was not possible to save Belyaev in the intensive care unit.  

Timur Gaidukov (36 years old)

March 26, 1983 – January 19, 2020

The star of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful fought with a terrible disease for more than a year. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September 2018. Until his last days, Timur talked about his illness on social networks in order to support people who are also fighting for life. He himself did not refuse help. Gaidukov thanked everyone who helped raise a large sum for his treatment in Moscow and for an innovative drug that is sold only in Europe. The sparkling kaveenschik worked as long as he had enough strength, and between chemotherapy led weddings: “I am very scared, I will not hide it, but I do not intend to give up. My family and my faith are with me, ”Timur encouraged everyone. On January 19, his friend Davil Melik-Huseynov wrote: “He left … On the bright holiday of Epiphany. Sleep, buddy. “

Eduard Limonov (77 years old)

February 22, 1943 – March 17, 2020

The writer and poet had a scandalous reputation as an opposition politician. His personal life was also not smooth. The first wife hanged herself; he parted with the second; from the third, he did not live for the last years, but did not get divorced until her death; the fourth was 30 years younger, but at that time he got along with a 16-year-old girl who was almost 40 years younger than him. The last wife was the actress Ekaterina Volkova, who finally made him a father, having given birth to two children.

Only the closest people knew about Eduard Limonov’s illness. For the past two years he has been battling throat cancer. Due to the acute inflammation, two operations were required, but the heart could not withstand such a load.

Tatiana Parkina (68 years old)

April 13, 1952 – May 6, 2020

The painting “I can’t say goodbye” made her famous throughout the Soviet Union. For the past few years, Tatyana Alekseevna has suffered from cancer, which has passed into the last stage, taking over the entire body. It so happened that the treatment no longer helped and was supportive. She died in her apartment on Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street in Moscow.

Kelli Preston (57 years)

October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020

John Travolta, who lived with Kelly for almost 30 years, announced the departure of his wife. “I won’t be gone for long. I need to be with the children who have lost their mother. Forgive me in advance if you don’t hear about us for a while. We need healing, ”the actor wrote about his tragedy. He thanked everyone who supported the family, expressed gratitude to the doctors and revealed the causes of his wife’s death. Kelly has been secretly fighting cancer for the past two years and was diagnosed with breast cancer. Only relatives knew about it.

Chadwick Boseman (43)

November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020

Boseman achieved worldwide fame thanks to his role as a superhero – Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, his last film, Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues, was released posthumously. He had been battling colon cancer for four years. Chadwick did not admit the diagnosis to anyone and was filmed even when he was undergoing treatment. He died surrounded by his family at his home in Los Angeles. The family even received condolences from politicians such as Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Boris Klyuev (76 years old)

July 13, 1944 – September 1, 2020

For the last two years, the star of the series “Voronin” hoped to overcome the disease. He had lung cancer. “Now all this is being treated, and I hope that the body will not let you down. But if the Lord takes me, I will take it calmly, because I have lived a beautiful and interesting life, “Klyuev admitted in the hope of a happy outcome. Without complaining, he worked in cinema and theater and only in an interview told how the disease was discovered. “Once I felt something stabbed in my lung, but did not attach any importance to it. After all, I have always been physically strong – I lifted the barbell until I was 65, played tennis, football … I worked for two months in the theater when I had bilateral pneumonia. But at one point it became really bad, the temperature rose, and I had an X-ray … Then everything became clear … “

Mikhail Zhvanetsky (86 years old)

March 6, 1934 – November 6, 2020

He continued to write until the last moment, even when he was in self-isolation and understood what was happening to him. Fans were alarmed by the information when, in December 2019, the “Country Officer” announced that he was closing his project. Great artists do not leave the stage without good reason. Then there were rumors that the artist had oncology – prostate cancer. Zhvanetsky denied this information. Close friends said that since October, he stopped answering phone calls. Apparently, he did not want to share his mood. The son of actor Roman Kartsev recalled: “Mikhail Mikhalych has been very ill lately. Legs, blood vessels and other sores, earned by the profession and long standing on the stage. ” Together with the genius satirist, a whole era of high-quality humor has passed away.

Jean-Pierre Bacry (69 years old)

May 24, 1951 – January 18, 2021

The French actor and screenwriter has played in over 70 film and television projects. His creative romantic alliance with the French actress Agnes Jaouy earned him four Césars and Palme d’Or awards at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The Russian audience remembered him for the role of “Underground” by Luc Besson in collaboration with Isabelle Adjani, Christophe Lambert and Jean Reno. In recent years, he fought with cancer, which took his life.

Dustin Diamond (44)

January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021

The teenage American TV series Saved by the Bell made him famous all over the world. Dustin burned out in a matter of days. The fact is that he was diagnosed with lung cancer just three weeks before his death. Representatives of the artist wrote on Facebook that in a short time the oncology was able to spread throughout the body and loved ones can only be reassured by the fact that the disease was so rapid that Dustin did not suffer. “He didn’t have to lie down for a long time, exhausted from pain,” wrote the artist’s colleagues.

Tatiana Polyakova (61 years old)

September 14, 1959 – March 8, 2021

The adventure detective star has written over 90 novels in this genre. For many years Polyakova was among the top 10 most published authors in Russia, and in 2019 she took the honorable fifth place. Several TV series have been filmed based on her books, including “The Shadow of the Dragonfly”, “The Devil’s Two”, “As if not so” and “Obstinate Target”. Tatyana Polyakova’s agent grieved: “Today Tanya left us … A man of tremendous love of life and we believed: the damned oncology would break off his teeth on him. While she was strong, Tanya even treated this exhausting struggle for life with humor. I continued to work and be interested in everything in the world. ” Yet cancer ended the life of the great detective writer.   

Helen McCrory (52)

August 17, 1968 – April 16, 2021

The star of “Harry Potter” and “Peaky Blinders” also took cancer. Helen begged to keep her secret about cancer, so her relatives do not name the exact diagnosis. Relatives said that Helen outwardly did not give out fear of death, regret and self-pity. She said that everyone should muster up courage and not grieve, because her life was happy. To her husband, 50-year-old Damien Lewis, she jokingly and seriously recommended that she definitely find herself a good woman for her soul. And two teenage children follow the faithful advice of their father.

Michael Collins (90)

October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021

One of the Apollo 11 crew members, unlike his comrades Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, did not walk on the lunar surface, but, according to the astronaut, he always felt like an equal partner. The fact that Mike Collins died of cancer was reported on the astronaut’s page by his family: “We regret to say that our beloved father and grandfather passed away after a worthy fight against cancer. He spent his last days peacefully, next to his family and friends. ” Relatives noted that Mike has always met life’s challenges with grace and humility. He bravely coped with his last test. Collins was the third American to complete a spacewalk. The NASA administration called him a real pioneer in the development of space programs.

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