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Russian theater director Lyubimov dies at 97

By Washington Examiner
Published October 5, 2014 11:56am ET
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Russian theater director Lyubimov dies at 97
FILE - Yuri Lyubimov, 93, art director and the founder of the Taganka Theater speaks during a news conference in Moscow, in this Thursday, June 30, 2011 file photo. Lyubimov died Sunday Oct. 5, 2014 at 97, leaving as his legacy Moscow's world-famous Taganka Theater, which he founded in 1964.(AP Photo, File) | STR

MOSCOW (AP) — Renowned Soviet and Russian actor and director Yuri Lyubimov, founder of Moscow’s world-famous Taganka Theater, which he led for more than four decades, died Sunday at age 97.

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