The cause of death of the Honored Artist of Russia Elena Mikheeva was cancer.

Honored Artist of Russia Elena Mikheeva died due to cancer. This was announced on April 26 by the actress' entourage.

"She died of cancer this morning," RIA Novosti's entourage said.

According to the agency's interlocutor, the artist had been struggling with a serious illness for a long time, which was painful.

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On the same day, on April 26, the Moscow Provincial Theater announced the death of Mikheeva. The artist was born in 1951 in Leningrad. In 1972, she completed her studies at the Shchukin Higher Theater College on the course of A.I. Borisov. During her career, the actress worked at the Moscow Satire Theater and the Moscow Regional Theater named after A.N. Ostrovsky. From 2013 to the end of her life, Mikheeva served in the troupe of the Moscow Provincial Theater.