9 years without Vlad Galkin: What accelerated the departure of the famous actor

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

9 years ago, on February 25, 2010, the famous actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Vladislav Galkin passed away. His untimely death for thousands of viewers was a huge shock - at that time he was only 38 years old, and many simply could not believe that the reason for this, according to the official conclusion, was acute heart failure. Relatives even put forward a version of the murder, but those who did not agree with her, did not deny that recently the actor seemed to be pursued by a series of misfortunes that brought his departure closer.

In fact, at birth, Vlad received the name of his father - Sukhachev, but he never communicated with him and did not tell anything about him. From childhood, he called his stepfather his father - actor Boris Galkin, for whom his son became closer than his own. However, for a long time only his grandmother could influence him. He grew up completely uncontrollable, was not interested in studying at school and often participated in fights. Who knows how his fate could have been if one day secretly from his parents his grandmother had not brought him to the film studio. When she learned that young actors were casting for roles in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, she brought her 9-year-old grandson to audition.

Later Vlad said: "".

The filming process brought him great pleasure - he had to play, in fact, himself, besides, instead of studying at school, Vlad spent 8 months traveling. Even then, he decided that he would connect his future with the acting profession - nothing else interested him. After completing work on the film, he dreamed of continuing to act and was constantly on duty at home near the phone, but the next offer came only 2 years later. By the age of 18, Vlad Galkin had about 10 roles in his filmography.

Unlike many child actors who, after a bright film debut at a young age, subsequently disappeared from the screens, Vlad Galkin stubbornly pursued his goal and did not give up his dream. After school, he entered the Shchukin Theater School, and after the second year he went to the directing department of VGIK. His first success in "adult" cinema was the small role of a policeman in Stanislav Govorukhin's film "Voroshilovsky shooter"; Truckers. Since then, Galkin has been filming a lot, every year several films have been released with his participation.

All his acquaintances said that he was very desperate, did not take care of himself and seemed to be in a hurry to live. He drove cars from the age of 15 and always drove at high speed, not less than 120 km / h, twice had an accident. Driving was often a means for him to "release" the role he had played. So, after filming "The Master and Margarita", he traveled around Moscow at night and "ventilated the brains."

Galkin was always a workaholic and was fanatical about the profession - he often performed complex tricks without understudies, was injured and continued to act even to the detriment of his health. The actor said: "". Because of this injury, Galkin underwent 9 operations, during one of them, doctors brought in an infection, inflammation began, the actor even lost consciousness. He was sent for treatment to Germany, but after that the injury made itself felt. In one of his last works - the series "Kotovsky" - his hero limped not according to the script.

He should have paused in his film career and seriously take care of his health, but Vlad Galkin continued to act, not paying attention to the pain. The lack of adequate rest, the accumulated nervous tension aggravated his condition. Added to these troubles were problems in his personal life. The actor was very amorous and married four times. True, he called the first 3 delusions of youth, but he considered his fourth wife, actress Daria Mikhailova, the only one: "". However, in recent years, they were on the verge of divorce - Vlad often overcame the nervous tension after filming and the pain from his injury with the help of alcohol, which often caused conflicts in the family.

The last straw was the scandal that erupted in the press in the summer of 2009 due to Galkin's trick in the bar. Once he drank too much, had a fight with the bartender and fired a traumatic pistol at the bottles, and then rude to the district police officer. The case was brought to court, and, despite his sincere remorse and the absence of victims, the actor was given a 14 month suspended sentence. In addition, a real persecution began in the press - he was accused of all mortal sins, called an alcoholic, a rowdy and a criminal. This finally broke him. A flurry of criticism fell on the yesterday's idol of thousands of spectators, many acquaintances turned away from him, there was no support even from his wife. Galkin rented an apartment and tried not to go outside. He was in a state of deep depression, but did not tell anyone about this and did not ask anyone for help.

In January 2010, the actor was admitted to the hospital with inflammation of the pancreas. According to relatives, after that he followed a strict diet and did not drink. And at the end of February, his father sounded the alarm - Vlad did not answer calls. When they broke down the door of his apartment, they found him dead. Shortly before that, Vlad had withdrawn a very large amount from his bank account, which disappeared without a trace. This prompted his father to speculate that he might have been deliberately killed and robbed. However, this version was not confirmed: no traces of violent death were found, and in the official medical report the cause of death was stated as acute heart failure. Experts agreed that his heart stopped due to nervous exhaustion and deterioration of the body. He seemed to have driven himself into a corner, and among his friends there were not those who could help him in time.

Those who could not believe in a rational explanation of this tragedy were looking for answers in the mystical coincidences associated with the film adaptations of The Master and Margarita: Fatal roles of famous Russian actors.