The cause of Igor Zolotovitsky's death was cancer.

The rector of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, Honored Artist of Russia Igor Zolotovitsky died due to cancer. This was announced on January 14 by a TASS source close to the artist's entourage.

Zolotovitsky was 64 years old. According to the agency's interlocutor, he died in the hospital in the morning.

"We will inform you about the date and time of the farewell separately," the press service of the Moscow Art Theater Studio School wrote on the VKontakte social network.

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Zolotovitsky's death became known earlier that day. He was born on June 18, 1961 in Tashkent. In 1983, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater Studio school, where he later worked as a teacher for many years.

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