Olga Galitskaya, member of the Guild of Film Critics and Critics, died in Moscow at the age of 69. This was announced on Sunday, January 30, by her friends on Facebook.
“On January 30, at the age of 70, Olga Galitskaya, a film critic, journalist and radio host, died of a stroke due to the coronavirus. She was hospitalized the day before yesterday in serious condition with a suspected stroke, but the doctors could no longer do anything, ”wrote publicist and philologist Nikolai Podosokorsky on his page.
Radio host Ksenia Larina said that on Friday Olga was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
“Stroke due to covid/pneumonia. It happened on Friday, she was alone in the apartment and did not even have time to tell anyone that she was ill. The door was opened by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who were called by relatives, ”she wrote.
Olga Galitskaya was born on January 22, 1953. She was the author and host of popular radio programs about film and television. From 1991 to 1996 she worked at the Ekho Moskvy radio, from 1996 to 1997 – on the NTV channel, then – at the Mayak and Kultura radio stations. In 2009, she became the chief editor of the Moscow bureau of Radio Liberty.
Galitskaya was the author of the script for the documentary “Roses for Signora Raisa”, which was awarded prizes at international film festivals in Honfleur (France) and Plovdiv (Bulgaria). She was a member of the board of the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics of Russia, a laureate of the Golden Aries award. She had diplomas from the Guild of Film Critics and Critics.
Earlier on January 30, it became known about the death of director and screenwriter Viktor Merezhko. He was 84 years old. The information was confirmed by the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
Source: IZ
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