Gennady Aronovich Vengerov is a talented artist and broadcaster. Until the last minutes of his life, he charged others with a positive. Friends called Vengerov "a man of action."
Gennady Vengerov was able to not only effectively enter the stage. He managed to beautifully leave her. The diploma of the architectural technical school did not become an obstacle for the artist to do his favorite thing. He always knew his goals.
Road to art
The future famous performer was born in the Belarusian Vitebsk in 1959, on August 27. Vengerov was a relative of Marc Chagall.
After school, the graduate entered the National Theater of the House of Culture. Since 1980, Gennady Aronovich moved to the Belarusian Drama Theater. Next was military service.
After demobilization, the future famous artist went to Moscow. He entered the school-studio at the Moscow Art Theater for acting education. Vengerov created his own theater "Sovremennik-2" with Mikhail Efremov as a fourth-year student.
For life, performers remained best friends. Gennady Aronovich successfully worked at the Mayakovsky Theater. Then followed a move to Dusseldorf.
Everything turned out unexpectedly. Together with his family, the artist went to act in Israel. The road passed through Germany. Having barely arrived in the country, Gennady Aronovich decided that he would stay here.
At that time, he, his wife and daughter had nothing except a suitcase with the most necessary things.
New round
For six months, the actor perfectly learned the state language, acquired a house and settled in Germany. In total, the actor knew six languages.
He became the announcer of the Deutsche Welle. The actor played in the theater of Dusseldorf. Since 2004, Vengerov began acting in Russian cinema.
At the same time he was engaged in dubbing films and commercials. By that time, the performer had already made a name for himself. It turned out to be in demand not only in Germany and Russia, but also in other countries.
Particularly popular was the participation in the films “The Fighter” and “Volkov Hour.” There are more than a hundred films in the portfolio of Gennady Aronovich. There are also Hollywood roles among them.
Purposefulness and decisiveness did not prevent Vengerov in his soul from remaining a tomboy boy. He loved to make decisions spontaneously, to create absolutely inexplicable things from the point of view of logic.
The artist loved to spend time with friends, bully. He enjoyed every day of his life. Even the approaching death could not change the positive attitude towards everything.
A brave man walks with difficulty, spoke poorly, but always thanked fate that he could see the sky and the sun, barely opening his eyes. He hoped that the new day would not be his last.
Among the most significant people for Vengerov included his friends. They have known each other since their studies. These were Sergey Shekhovtsov, Mikhail Gorevoy and Mikhail Efremov.
Communication between them did not stop until the end of the artist's life. Gorevoy admitted that for a long time he could not believe his diagnosis.
Beginning of the End
The news caused a shock. However, there was hope for a short stay of a friend in the hospital. Friends hoped that Vengerov would already be home in a short time. However, everything turned out to be much sadder.
The beginning of all troubles was a broken ankle. With a fracture, cancer was discovered. At first, the news was not believed, it was considered a tricky move to attract attention. But the development of the disease proceeded at a rapid pace. It soon became clear that a great artist was dying of lung cancer.
The actor refused to shoot in the capital, but was very worried that he let down a huge number of people preparing the meeting. However, after a while, Vengerov called the director and said he was ready to fly out.
The condition of the contractor was to provide him with strollers, a car with a roomy trunk and conditions for the flight. Everything was done. Even the artist, who was dying away from the disease, remained a professional, thinking about work.
During treatment, friends came to Gennady Aronovich of their Russia. He could hardly speak. The tumor was difficult to treat. The disease was either discovered too late or was in an aggressive stage. The process could only be slowed down.
The doctor did not give any hope of salvation. The last meeting of the Vengerov was called a "living wake". He held on cheerfully.
Having met friends at the airport, the artist proceeded to give directions. The gatherings were no different from the usual meetings. Actors joked, recalled the past. Everyone tried to encourage Gennady Aronovich.
He has not once shown the present state. The performer did not even attach importance to the fact that he was sitting in a wheelchair. The actor did everything so that friends did not understand that their meeting was the last.
