The key facts
- Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina died on November 7 at the age of 88 after being hospitalized with heart problems
- According to SHOT, the cause of death was acute heart failure
- The farewell ceremony is provisionally scheduled for November 10 at the Kuntsevo farewell hall in Moscow; the burial place has not been finally confirmed
The actress's death and messages from her family
On November 7, Honored Artist of Russia Maria Shukshina announced the death of her mother — People's Artist of the RSFSR Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina — and asked fans to pray for her. The actress had spent her final weeks in hospital due to serious heart problems, as reported Life.ru. That same day, the actress's granddaughter, the athlete Anna Shukshina, recorded a video address on her Telegram channel: «I had a good childhood with my grandmother. I have only the very best memories». She called her grandmother's life long and interesting, noting that far from everyone is given the chance to live such a full 88 years, and wished her peace.
Circumstances of the illness
Shortly before the death, Anna Shukshina had publicly spoken about her grandmother's grave condition: against the background of chronic heart failure, complications with the kidneys arose, and doctors placed her in a medically induced coma. The granddaughter herself admitted that she had been unable to visit the actress because of a long-standing conflict with her aunt Olga Shukshina, who had been caring for their mother. Olga Shukshina said that doctors fought for the patient's life until the very end , but her age and the exhaustion of her body limited the possibilities of treatment: doctors repeatedly explained to relatives that the elderly patient had practically no internal reserves left. The actress was in intensive care on artificial ventilation. According to SHOT, the cause of death was acute heart failure.
Farewell ceremony and burial place
The farewell ceremony for Fedoseeva-Shukshina is provisionally scheduled for November 10 at the Kuntsevo farewell hall in Moscow. Her relatives are considering the possibility of burying the actress at the Novodevichy Cemetery next to her husband, the writer and director Vasily Shukshin, who died in 1974. The final decision on the burial place had not been confirmed at the time of publication.
