The state of health of the popular artist Valentin Gaft today leaves much to be desired.
Increasingly in the means mass media you can read that the actor is not feeling well. What forecasts do doctors give and what is Valentin Gaft’s illness?
Actor biography
Valentin Iosifovich was born in Moscow on September 2, 1935. The great and beloved artist survived the Great Patriotic War, escorting first his father and then his older brother to the front.
Despite difficult years, Valentin Iosifovich’s mother, Gita Davydovna, tried to instill in her son a love of art.
Gaft first became acquainted with the theater in primary school, becoming a spectator of a local play. Then it seemed to him that all the actions on stage were reality. But Valentin Iosifovich’s desire to become an artist himself appeared a little later.
Nevertheless, the future artist showed his talent precisely while studying at school. He participated in all school productions and easily coped with even female roles. Immediately after the final exams, Gaft submits documents to the Moscow Art Theater School.
Valentin Iosifovich's fellow students were: famous actors, like Oleg Tabakov and Mikhail Kozakov. Now the actor is famous for such roles as Valentin Mikhailovich Sidori in the film “Garage”, Apollo Mitrofanovich Sataneev “Sorcerers”, Brasset “Hello, I’m your aunt!” and many others.
Throughout his life, the actor devotes himself completely to his profession. At first, Gaft worked mainly in the theater, and acted in films only in episodic roles.
But in the 70s, fate brought him together with director Ryazanov, who considered the charisma and talent of Valentin Iosifovich.
Films and performances with his participation always become masterpieces. The viewer is accustomed to seeing his favorite artist on the screens, parsing his roles into eternal quotes.
Actor's tragedy
Hard work, constant rehearsals and filming, as well as tragedies personal life seriously affected the health of the 82-year-old artist.
In 2002, his daughter Olga from her marriage to Inna Eliseeva committed suicide. Not having time to recover from the tragedy, Gaft receives a second blow, and Inna Sergeevna herself passes away.
After this, the artist fell into depression, withdrew into himself and stopped giving interviews on whole year. His friend and now wife, Olga Ostroumova, helped him survive such stress without serious health consequences.
Health status
Today, despite his advanced age and state of health, Gaft continues to play in the theater, act in films, perform in public with his famous epigrams and dub films and cartoons.
2017 was a difficult year for the artist. Due to health reasons, he had to postpone several planned creative evenings. It is worth noting that the artist’s heart problems began in 2011.
It was then that doctors from the Sklifosovsky Institute diagnosed Gaft with a heart attack. Then the artist did not wait for the end of treatment, but left the hospital immediately for the performance.
Such dedication to one’s profession is rewarded with the sincere love of the viewer. Every alarming message about the artist’s health is perceived as a personal tragedy.
In 2014 it became known about in serious condition Gafta. Then the doctors had to perform a major operation on him and put him into an artificial coma.
4 days after surgery people's artist transferred to the rehabilitation department. Then Valentin Iosifovich quickly recovered and returned to his viewer again.
Doctors did not exclude the possibility that if the treatment had been completed in 2011 and the actor had undergone bypass surgery, an imminent secondary attack would have been avoided.
In March 2017, an ambulance was called for the actor to the Matsoni cafe, where he was having dinner. Gaft felt sharp pains in his chest. It is worth noting that the actor does not really like hospitals, so he refused hospitalization, although he was diagnosed with angina.
It is known that Valentin Iosifovich trusts more folk medicine. At his age, he doesn't want to spend time confined to a hospital bed. The actor himself believes that his main illness is old age. Therefore, he wants to live the time remaining to him fully.
It is possible that previous heart attacks, as well as life problems And Full time job, caused the development of Parkinson's disease. The uncertainty in the actor’s movements and lack of coordination were noticed not only by Gaft’s colleagues, but also by the audience.
The fact that Valentin Iosifovich was suffering from a terrible disease was confirmed during the filming of “Song of the Year.” The nervous system of the beloved artist could not withstand the serious stress that his body experienced.
Parkinson's disease is especially scary for an artist, because a person begins to forget basic things, not to mention memorizing roles. It is also known that there is currently no effective treatment for this disease.
It is possible that very soon the People’s Artist of the RSFSR will no longer be able to go out in public and act in films. Gaft himself does not like to talk about his illnesses. The artist rarely talks about his illnesses in the media.
Valentin Iosifovich likes to talk more about future works and upcoming performances. He believes that he should work until literally won't fall off your feet.
Also, at the end of December last year, Valentin Gaft was operated on. This time the artist was bothered by an old hand injury.
The pain was so severe that Valentin Iosifovich decided not to delay the visit to the doctors, although he initially planned to have the operation after the premiere of the new play “As Long as Space Exists.”
It is this production that is very important for Gaft, because he became a co-author of the play. The second author of the play is Said Bagov, who, just like Valentin Iosifovich, himself plays in the created production. The premiere of "As Long as Space Exists" was postponed to February 2018.
The actor himself is optimistic. Gaft believes that love for his loved ones and work, despite his current state of health, will help him delight with his creativity even more. for a long time.
In turn, grateful spectators are sympathetic to the postponed performances and performances, and wish Valentin Gaft good health.
Note that Valentin Gaft has been taking part in voicing Disney cartoons for several years now. The voice of the actor is spoken by one of the heroes of the animated film “Monsters on Vacation” - the vampire Vlad, who is the father of Dracula and the grandfather of Mavis. The third part of “Monsters on Vacation” will be released on July 12, 2018, but it is not yet known whether the artist will voice the vampire in the third cartoon.
There are suggestions that the 40th US President Ronald Reagan also had Parkinsonism. However, it is not. Reagan suffered from another severe degenerative disease of the nervous system, Alzheimer's disease. It may develop symptoms similar to Parkinsonism - slowness of movement and significant difficulty in speech, but this is not Parkinson's disease.
There are rumors that Mikhail Khodorkovsky has parkinsonism - more and more people are watching him social activities when watching an interview with an oligarch, they begin to notice a trembling of the head at rest and a face almost devoid of facial expressions. It is also known that Khodorkovsky’s father is already suffering, and this indicates the possibility of the influence of heredity in the development of the disease.
People's Artist Valentin Gaft was hospitalized with acute pain. Detailed information.
Valentin Iosifovich himself said about his illnesses in one of his interviews: “I have only one disease - old age! And it cannot be treated. But I don’t I want to lie down in the hospital and wait for the end. I still want to do a lot." Until recently, the actor played ten performances a month, was ashamed to even ask for a vacation and insisted that you have to work until you collapse.
To contribute to the fight against serious illness Michael J. Fox founded the Parkinson's Disease Research Foundation in 2000. The purpose of this activity is to carry out scientific research on the prevention and treatment of parkinsonism. In a very short period of time, we managed to collect a significant amount - more than 350 million dollars.
After suffering a heart attack, Valentin Gaft began to suffer from Parkinson's disease. Visitors to performances with his participation immediately noticed the stiffness in Gaft’s movements and lack of coordination. Doctors believe that due to the illness Gaft’s health deteriorated, as a result nervous system let down the legend Russian cinema. During the Song of the Year festival, Joseph Kobzon told reporters that Valentin Gaft is now suffering from a terrible disease.
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On December 15, a performance was supposed to take place in Moscow, staged by theater and film actor Valetnin Gaft. IN currently Gaft's health gave way, and he was forced to go to the hospital. For this reason, the play “As Long as Space Exists” was postponed to February 2018.
Moreover, his manner of speech, which can be described as slow and drawn-out, also raises questions and suspicions of brain damage. However, Klitschko rejected all rumors about his having parkinsonism, only laughing. Therefore, we do not undertake to say for sure that the athlete is sick.
In one of the Channel One programs, the TV presenter asked viewers to honor the memory of deceased artists. Photographs of screen stars of past years crawled across the screen. Valentin Gaft was buried ahead of schedule by NTV. The actor himself responded to the spreaders of terrible rumors.
At Gaft's Lately His health deteriorated sharply and he suffered a myocardial infarction. Probably, parkinsonism became the next stage in the manifestation of vascular pathology. The very first symptoms of Gaft’s disease were not motor disorders, as is usually the case in older people, but memory problems.
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In addition, rumors have repeatedly appeared in the media that Valentina Gafta is being beaten by her husband, actress Olga Ostroumova. The artist himself chose not to directly answer the question about relationships in his family, writes Utro.Ru.
Probably not everyone has heard that Ali began this fight against Parkinson’s disease long before the end of his career. Ali was diagnosed with parkinsonism in 1984, and he spent his last fights already sick. And in 1997, using all his financial resources and authority, he opened the first center for movement disorders.
Gaft’s colleague Said Bagov recently told reporters about the state of his friend’s health. According to him, Valentin Iosifovich is now in the hospital because he was operated on the other day. The fact is that recently actor injured his hand as a result of an unfortunate fall. Having contacted the medical workers for a routine examination, it turned out that Gaft would be hospitalized for surgery.
People's Artist of the RSFSR, who became famous thanks to his role in the film "Garage" by Eldar Ryazanov, actor. By his age, he had achieved a lot, but the injustice of life also affected him..
Valentin Gaft is sick
The 83-year-old actor suffers from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disease that mostly affects older people. Often, patients are people over 60 years of age. The main symptoms of Parkinson's are disorders of the musculoskeletal system, muscle tone, which is accompanied by a characteristic tremor.
Particularly attentive people have long noticed that no matter where he appears, he always sits. He practically doesn’t walk, and his hands shake constantly. Treatment and prevention of Parkinson's disease, like many other illnesses, is very expensive. Accordingly, in order to continue to live and maintain at least at a minimum level your physical fitness, you must have enough funds for this.
Valentin Gaft spoke about forced earnings
Taking part in the “Let Them Talk” program, Valentin Gaft told some details of his, as it turned out, poor life. Film crew I was surprised when I saw the poet. He was accompanied by a woman who is caring for him. The project staff also noticed Gaft’s memory lapses.
Valentin himself hinted that it was hard for him, but did it with his characteristic irony. Still, don’t forget, he has been writing epigrams almost all his life. Gaft said that he is forced to work to earn money for food, as well as for treatment. At his age, he still plays in plays and takes an active part in the programs in which he is called. But at the same time, the artist receives mere pennies, in comparison with the same Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya.
Nevertheless, despite all the sorrows of life, this generous man, the Poet with capital letters and the master of his craft still continues to smile and give kindness to people.
Let us remind you that not so long ago I read poems about death. Friends, his colleagues, great people leave. Old age, unfortunately, is not inevitable.
The People's Artist of the RSFSR has health problems, so it was decided to postpone the play “As Long as Space Exists” with his participation until July. This news came as a surprise to his fans. Most recently, Valentin Gaft traveled to Georgia, where he had a creative evening.
82-year-old Valentin Gaft was supposed to appear on the Sovremennik stage on May 28, but the production of “As Long as Space Exists” with the actor’s participation was unexpectedly postponed to July 8. The theater explained the changes in the schedule due to the artist's illness and apologized to the audience for the inconvenience caused. Those for whom the new date does not suit were asked to return their tickets to the box office within a few days.
Journalists rushed to contact Valentin Iosifovich to find out how he was feeling. The actor confirmed that he was unwell, so the performance was postponed. At the same time, the artist hastened to reassure fans.
“The information is true. I don’t feel well, but not to the point where I don’t play, I don’t play, it’s just purely physical, it has nothing to do with any terrible diseases. It's okay, this happens. There's no need to panic. There are colds, there are all sorts of things,” Valentin Iosifovich explained to reporters.
More recently, Gaft felt well and even went on tour to another country. On May 18, the famous artist visited Georgia, where he had a creative evening planned. A fan meeting with the actor took place at the Free Theater in Tbilisi.
The audience watched fragments of films with the participation of Valentin Iosifovich (both popular and less known), listened to fragments from his books, and also read numerous epigrams dedicated to the star’s colleagues.
However, on the air of the “The Stars Aligned” program, Gaft unexpectedly appeared before the audience in wheelchair. Friends of the People's Artist of the RSFSR said that he suffers from Parkinson's disease. Valentin Iosifovich himself tries not to complain about health problems.
“I don’t feel well, but I still ask you to invite me to new projects. Sometimes they call and then refuse. Like, I'm falling apart before my eyes. But I live by this, I want to work,” said the actor.
Gaft's acquaintances noted that his work makes him forget about all the difficulties. “Sometimes we take him to the stage, he can hardly move, he feels terrible. And then he goes on stage, and his health problems seem to miraculously go away,” shared one of the star’s friends.
In a recent interview, Valentin Gaft noted that he plans to go on stage again in the summer. Until the actor comes to his senses, a couple of performances with his participation will be cancelled.
The cult actor of the film “Garage” and the theater “Sovremennik” Valentin Gaft suffers from serious illness nervous system - Parkinson's disease. He was diagnosed with the disease several years ago. Due to the fact that she did not stop progressing, Gaft had to give up performing on stage and filming films. Joseph Kobzon recently commented on the health of Oleg Tabakov and Valentin Gaft. The singer believes that they get very sick and die.
After suffering a heart attack, Valentin Gaft began to suffer from Parkinson's disease. Visitors to performances with his participation immediately noticed the stiffness in Gaft’s movements and lack of coordination. Doctors believe that due to the illness Gaft’s health deteriorated, as a result of which the nervous system failed the legend of Russian cinema. During the Song of the Year festival, Joseph Kobzon told reporters that Valentin Gaft is now suffering from a terrible disease.
In April last year, Valentin Gaft was suspected of having Parkinson's disease. Previously, the actor was only noted to have heart problems and memory impairment. He suffered a heart attack, after which he recovered for a long time. His only daughter Olga committed suicide. Gaft's close friends believe that this was the cause of the man's illness. Only the stage helped the actor cope with the tragedy. During performances, he could hide his real feelings behind a mask. But physical health failed Valentin Gaft.
He didn’t even wait to be discharged after he suffered a heart attack. The actor immediately returned to the stage. A cardiologist believes that Parkinson's disease is caused by changes in the brain due to a heart attack. As a result, memory deterioration and impaired coordination of movements.
Despite the fact that Gaft then refused full course rehabilitation, now he is turning to traditional healers. It is possible that the actor trusts alternative medicine more. By the way, Valentin Gaft is already 75 years old, which means that it is now difficult for him to fight a serious illness due to his age. Fans are afraid that they may soon lose the actor.
Valentin Gaft believes that his illness is old age and he does not want to spend last days my life in a hospital bed. The actor strives for new experiences and endeavors. Until recently, he played ten performances a month, was ashamed to even ask for a vacation and insisted that you have to work until you collapse.
The cause of Parkinson's disease is neurodegeneration. For an as yet unknown reason, brain cells that produce dopamine die. Medicine does not know very many factors that increase the risk of getting sick: contact with solvents, herbicides, pesticides, repeated traumatic brain injuries.
To date, there is no effective remedy that could help save a person from Parkinson's disease. Elderly people especially feel the effects of the disease on themselves, since memory and coordination of movements already deteriorate with old age.
