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Igor Leonidovich Kirillov (, 14 September 1932 – 29 October 2021) was a Soviet and Russian news presenter, announcer and actor.
He was a news anchor for Soviet Central Television (CT USSR) and announcer for the CT USSR news program Vremya for 30 years. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.
He also made in some Russian films, and in Sting's 1985 hit "Russians", and was host of the Russian TV pop music show and the annual Pesnya goda (Song of the Year). He retired as a newsreader in 1988, joining CT USSR (later Ostankino TV, then ORT). He retired in 1996, but he occasionally appeared as an emcee for some concerts and the annual Red Square Victory Day parade.
Kirillov died on 29 October 2021, at the age of 89, the last surviving news announcer to have been made a People's Artist of the USSR. He had been hospitalized for circulatory problems in September and died after contracting COVID-19.
Personal life and death
He married his first wife, Irina Vsevolodovna Kirillova, a sound engineer, while they were both students; she died in 2004. Their daughter, Anna, is a professional pianist; their son died in 2011. He nursed his wife's sister, Natalya, during a two-year illness that ended with her death also in 2011. He later remarried to Tatyana Aleksandrovna Kirillova.
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Categories: 1930 Births, 2021 Deaths, 20th-century Russian Male Actors, 21st-century Russian Male Actors, Male Actors From Moscow, Communist Party Of The Soviet Union Members, Gerasimov Institute Of Cinematography Alumni, Honorary Members Of The Russian Academy Of Arts, Honored Artists Of The Rsfsr, People's Artists Of The Rsfsr, People's Artists Of The Ussr, Recipients Of The Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 3rd Class, Recipients Of The Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 4th Class, Recipients Of The Order Of Friendship Of Peoples, Recipients Of The Order Of Honour, Recipients Of The Order Of The Red Banner Of Labour, Recipients Of The Ussr State Prize, Radio And Television Announcers, Russian Male Journalists, Russian Male Film Actors, Russian Male Stage Actors, Russian Male Voice Actors, Russian Television Journalists, Russian Television Presenters, Soviet Journalists, Soviet Male Film Actors, Soviet Male Stage Actors, Soviet Male Voice Actors, Soviet Television Presenters, Deaths From The Covid-19 Pandemic In Russia, Burials At Novodevichy Cemetery
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