Video: Games with death and life to the fullest: Why relatives believe that Alexander Abdulov could have left even earlier
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
10 years ago, on January 3, 2008, one of the most popular Russian actors, People's Artist of Russia, passed away Alexander Abdulov … His death was a great shock for many - the actor was only 54 years old, he was full of strength and energy, but burned out in just 4 months. However, friends and relatives of Abdulov admit: this could have happened much earlier, because he did not take care of himself at all and several times was in the balance of death.
Everyone who has ever communicated with Alexander Abdulov spoke of his incredible love of life. Therefore, it is difficult to believe that in his youth he twice tried to commit suicide. While studying at GITIS, Abdulov met a medical student Tatyana, who became his first great love. This story ended dramatically and almost cost him his life: he found a girl with another, and then tried to commit suicide. "", - the actor recalled. Then he was saved by the fact that his dorm roommate returned earlier than usual and called an ambulance.
Three years later, Abdulov met Irina Alferova, who became his wife. They lived together for 17 years, after which the actress decided to leave, unable to withstand the rhythm in which her husband lived - she wanted a quiet family life, and the lover of adventures and friendly gatherings Abdulov did not understand the word "peace" at all. When in 1993 Alferova announced her decision to him, he got into the car in a fit of despair, picked up speed and released the steering wheel. Fortunately, he survived that accident, and later commented on his attempts to commit suicide: ""
Because of love, the actor once almost ended up behind bars - he had an affair with an American woman who was expelled from the USSR, accused of espionage. Abdulov then could get a term for treason, but the cost was that for 6 years he became restricted to travel abroad. Love made him jump from a 15-meter tower and climb a drainpipe to the sixth floor of the house.
However, his games with death did not end there. On the set, he often put his life in danger - he refused the help of understudies and preferred to perform all the tricks on his own. Once at a film festival, he even received a prize as the best stunt performer for a trick in the film "Kill the Dragon" - there he was lifted by a crane by his feet to a height of 45 m. Reckless courage often led to the fact that the actor was on the verge of death. On the set of the film "Quiet Whirlpools" he was squeezed between the bumpers of two cars and almost crushed. Near Sevastopol, while diving, he got stuck in one of the grottoes and almost choked.
Later Abdulov admitted: "".
Death seemed to be on his heels, but for a while it gave him a respite. Several times mentally unhealthy admirers attempted on his life: once a girl threw sulfuric acid in his face, another time a man threw an ax at his head. In both cases, the actor was saved by the instant reaction. One day, at the last minute before taking off, he jumped out of the plane, which then crashed. He was saved by the fact that the other plane took off even earlier, and he decided to change, thanks to the help of the flight attendant. Later he learned about the plane crash and that none of the passengers and crew had survived. Twice Abdulov got into car accidents, and also miraculously survived. However, after that I decided to hire a driver.
Until his last days, Abdulov continued to act in films and ignored requests from relatives to pay attention to his health. Just a few weeks before he found out about his terrible diagnosis, the actor gave an interview in which he said: "".
Despite the prohibitions of doctors, Abdulov always smoked a lot, several packs a day. When I tried to quit, I quickly gained weight and started smoking again. And then he stopped trying: he decided to live to the fullest - and come what may! Six months before his death, he said: "".
During the filming of another film in 2007 in Balaklava, he felt bad - a stomach ulcer worsened. He was operated on and sent to Moscow. The actor did not get better, and soon doctors diagnosed him with lung cancer in the fourth stage. After a course of chemotherapy in Israel, Abdulov decided to return to Moscow. On January 3, 2008, he passed away.
The images that he embodied on the screen were so convincing and lifelike that it was difficult to imagine how real stories sometimes differed from those on screen: Who became the prototypes of the heroes of Abdulov and Neyelova in the film "Prison Romance".
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