The family named the cause of death of the legendary Soviet actor Mikhail Nozhkin

Actor, playwright, poet and writer, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Nozhkin died after a long illness. This is reported by TASS with reference to the artist's family.

"A long illness was the cause of death, and the man was 89 years old," said the interlocutor of the publication.

She added that in recent days he refused both food and water.

She did not name a specific diagnosis.

As reported by EADaily, Mikhail Nozhkin died at the age of 90 on June 22.

He gained fame and popularity after roles in the films "Walking through the torments", "Resident's Mistake", "At the beginning of Glorious Deeds" and "Peter's Youth", "Solo Swimming", "Liberation" and other films.

Many songs based on Nozhkin's words are widely known and popular — "Everything is quiet at the cemetery", "It was in the evening", "The last train", "We have appointed a new boss" and many others. The most famous song in his performance was "I drank birch sap in the spring forest" by Evgeny Agranovich from the film "Resident's Mistake".