Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (Armenian: Արմեն Ջիգարխանյան, Russian: Арме́н Бори́сович Джигарханя́н; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was one of the most popular Soviet and Armenian actors. He was born on October 3, 1935, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Dzhigarkhanyan being awarded by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010
Born(1935-10-03)October 3, 1935
Yerevan, Soviet Armenia
DiedNovember 14, 2020(2020-11-14) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityArmenian
Occupation(s)actor, theater director

He has appeared in 254 movies,[1] including his 1981 leading role as Nazi Max Richard in Teheran 43. He acted in his first movie aged 25 in 1960.[1]

Dzhigarkhanyan was given the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985.[2]

In April 2018 he again was hospitalized after a heart attack and fell into a coma.[3] Dzhigarkhanyan died in Moscow on November 14, 2020. The cause of death was cardiac arrest due to kidney failure.[4]

References
  1. http://en.araratlegends.com/legends/cast/%5B%5D
  2. "Armen Dzhigarkhanyan". IMDb.
  3. "Скончался Армен Джигарханян [Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has passed away]". Moskovsky Komsomolets (in Russian). 14 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. "Друзья Джигарханяна рассказали о причине смерти актера" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 14 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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