About the People's Artist of the RSFSR Andrei Mironov they say that he was born and died on stage. Indeed, his indefatigable heart gave a fatal failure on August 16, 1987 during the performance “The Marriage of Figaro” in Riga, where at the age of 46 he brilliantly played his last role.
Andrei Mironov has always been a radiant, sparkling, indefatigable person with new ideas, with a great thirst to create. Having worked all his life at the Moscow Theater of Satire, he was very close friends with Alexander Shirvindt, Mikhail Derzhavin, Grigory Gorin, Mark Zakharov, Igor Kvasha and many other creative people. They had their own close company, their inimitable humor. On August 16, 2012, the actors of the Satire Theater, which is now led by Alexander Shirvindt, visited the Vagankovskoye cemetery and laid flowers at the grave of Andrei Mironov, where he was buried next to his mother, the famous actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova.
At the Andrei Mironov Theater of Entrepreneurship in St. Petersburg, which was created after his death by Rudolf Furmanov, there were performances dedicated to the memory of the great artist: "Fantasy Faryatyev", "Oh, my jester, I'm going crazy!" and "The Cherry Orchard" - a production in which he played Lopakhin. The theater poster on August 16, according to many figures of St. Petersburg and Russian culture, was worthy of the blessed memory of Andrei Alexandrovich Mironov.
Films featuring Andrei Mironov took place on various television channels on August 16. Generations are changing, but such masterpieces as Diamond Hand, Watch Out for the Car, The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia, Blonde Around the Corner, 12 Chairs and many other films are still popularly loved.
Two weeks earlier, on July 31, 2012, a creative evening of Larisa Golubkina, People's Artist of the RSFSR and the widow of Andrei Mironov, took place. It was dedicated to the memory of Andrei Alexandrovich. The actress recalled various stories related to her husband's life, emphasized that he was a very subtle and delicate person with a huge sense of humor.
A lot of documentaries were shot about Andrei Mironov: "Andrei" (1991), "The Last 24 Hours" (2005), "Bravo, Andrei!" (2007), "Andrei Mironov. An Ordinary Miracle" (2007), "I am afraid that they will stop loving me" (2011), "Look, I play …" (2011) and others. Some of them were broadcast on television remembrance day.
A lot of fresh flowers were laid on the memorial plaque in honor of the memory of Andrei Mironov in Rakhmaninov Lane on the house in which he lived from the day he was born until 1960, on August 16, as always on this day. They were carried by everyone: former colleagues, friends and ordinary people, infinitely devoted to their idol.
