This morning – a week before his 89 birthday, died of Soviet and Russian theatre and cinema actor Leonid Bronevoy.
The actor became widely known in 1964, after the role of the head of the secret police of Germany Heinrich müller in the legendary film «Seventeen moments of spring». Despite the fact that that Armor played one of the most hated of the Nazis in the Soviet Union, his image has taken a liking to the Soviet audience. And his phrase «Stirlitz, I ask to stay…» became winged.
In 1984, he played the second prominent role of the doctor in the film «Formula of love». This time he appeared before the audience unworldly doctor whom nothing can surprise. A Shutter uttered the words «If the doctor is full, the patient feels better» once again became izlyublennye quote many people in the USSR.
Health problems have Armor began in 2012, when while on tour in Kiev, he was in intensive care with acute myocardial infarction. After the surgery, the actor almost 2 years not went on stage.
The last role of Armor in the theater «Lenkom» was the image of Prince Sobakina in the play «Day of the Oprichnik».
It is still unknown where and when to bury the artist, but the Director «Lenkoma» mark Varshaver has informed that to say goodbye to Armor will be in his own theatre, where he played for over 25 years.
