Legendary Soviet actor, people’s artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush, known for the films “the Caucasian captive, or Shurik’s New adventures”, “Old, old story” and “Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession”, was urgently hospitalized. I suspect he has a severe fracture of the cervical spine. Now for the life Etush fighting the doctors of neurosurgical intensive care, research Institute of Sklifosovsky.

As told to media by the Director of Vakhtangov theatre Kirill KROK, Vladimir Etush went to the dental clinic. There he was not kept on the stairs and fell, badly hitting his back and Shay. Near the actor was his wife Elena, but she couldn’t keep a man, and he rolled down several steps.
Vladimir Etush was urgently hospitalized in one of the best clinics of Moscow – in a neurosurgical intensive care unit of the Institute named sklifosofskiy. Insiders said that the condition of an elderly actor is heavy, but the doctors are doing everything possible to save the life of the legend movie.
However, the clinic specialists claim that Richter got a badly bruised back during the fall but not broken. The doctors left the man for a few days in the intensive care unit to monitor the condition of the artist.
In the Vakhtangov theatre today, June 27, was scheduled to play where Etush played. Now, as reported by Kirill Kroc, the statement will be replaced by another.
We will remind, Vladimir Etush on may 6, turned 95. With a significant date he was congratulated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. But the main gift, the actor presented one of the designers of the TV show – they gave Etush updated the infield.
Despite its venerable age, the actor continues to act in films and actively playing in the theater. But the audience still remember Etush in the image of the head … the picture Saahova in “Caucasian captive”, and the brilliant role of the dentist Anton Semyonovich Shpak in the film “Ivan Vasilyevich changes occupation”.