Actor Yuri Tsurilo Dies at 79

At the age of 79, Russian actor Yuri Tsuriilo passed away. His son, Vsevolod Tsuriilo, announced the news on Instagram.

Consensus

Yuri Tsurilo died on August 26.
He was 79 years old at the time of death.
He was a Russian theater and film actor.
He was born in Vyazniki, Vladimir Oblast, in 1946.
He studied at the Yaroslavl Theater School and graduated in 1973.
He worked in theaters in Veliky Novgorod, Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), Novosibirsk, Norilsk, and Saint Petersburg.
He served in the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg from 1993.
He gained fame for his role as General Yury Klensoy in the 1998 film 'Khrustralëv, Machine!'.
He appeared in over 100 films and TV series, including 'August '44', 'The Last Bogatyr', 'Durok', and 'Chernobyl'.
His son Vsevolod Tsurilo announced his death on Instagram.
His death was due to a prolonged illness.
His funeral will take place in Saint Petersburg, but the date and location are not yet known.

He died at the age of 80. — fontanka
His father was a Roma man who fled from the Germans during World War II. — vm
He worked as an ironworker at 14 and initially wanted to become a mason. — vm
He met his wife in 1965, and they had two sons: Alexei (born 1969) and Vsevolod (born 1977). — vm
His son Vsevolod became an actor known for 'Mentovskie Voyna'. — vm
He was initially rejected by Moscow theater schools. — vm
He was a member of a theater group at 14 to escape hardship. — vm
He died at the age of 79. — tg_echoonline_news
He was reported to have had cancer, according to Shot. — tg_echoonline_news
He was 79 at the time of death. — meduza
He worked as a blacksmith before attending theater school. — meduza
He was born on December 10, 1946. — vm