According to preliminary information, journalist and presenter Mikhail Zelensky died of a stroke. This was announced on Wednesday, January 12, by the Telegram channel of the Vesti FM radio station.
“He was on vacation in the Dominican Republic, he felt bad. Doctors tried to save, but they could not. According to preliminary data – stroke, ”it was reported.
Mikhail Zelensky passed away on Tuesday, January 11, at the age of 47, the deputy head of the Russia-Culture TV channel Alexander Efimovich said earlier.
On January 12, the Russian Embassy in Venezuela (concurrently in the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic) confirmed the information about the death of the journalist.
Lawyer Sergei Zhorin, who worked with Zelensky on the Live TV program, told Izvestia that he was shocked by the news of the host’s death.
According to Zhorin, Zelensky’s death was an irreparable loss for admirers of the famous columnist’s talent. The presenter gave the impression of a person with whom this could not happen, the lawyer said.
Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev on the same day expressed condolences in connection with the death of the journalist.
Mikhail Zelensky was born on September 7, 1975 in Moscow. In 1992 he entered the Khabarovsk Medical Institute and the Khabarovsk Institute of Physical Culture. He had the sports category “Candidate Master of Sports” in figure skating.
In 1996, Zelensky entered the Moscow Institute for Advanced Training of Television and Radio Broadcasting Workers, taking courses for television and radio presenters. In 1999-2001 he broadcast the Vesti program on the RTR and Kultura TV channels. From February 2001 to February 2011 he led the Vesti-Moscow program. Since 2006, he was the presenter of the linear broadcast of the Russia 24 TV channel.
In 2015, the journalist became the author of the documentary “Valaam. Salvation Island “. Since September 2017, he has been a columnist for the Russia-Kultura TV channel and host of the News of Culture program. He taught at the Ostankino Higher School of Television.
Source: IZ
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