Arkady Semyonovich Gartsman (Ukrainian: Аркадій Семенович Гарцман; 1 May 1947 – 23 June 2022) was a Ukrainian songwriter, screenwriter and actor.

Arkady Gartsman
Аркадій Гарцман
Born
Arkady Semyonovich Gartsman

1 May 1947 (1947-05)
Died23 June 2022 (2022-06-24) (aged 75)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Other namesArkadiy Gartsman
Occupation(s)songwriter, screenwriter and actor

Life and career

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Born in Kyiv, before entering the entertainment industry, Gartsman worked as a mechanic in a factory and as an engineer in a bus depot.[1]

His career started when some compositions he had sent to director David Cherkassky were eventually chosen to be part of the film Treasure Island.[1] Gartsman later composed songs for prominent artists such as Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Verka Serduchka, Nikolai Karachentsov, Taisia Povaliy and Maxim Galkin.[1][2]

Gartsman was also active as an actor and a screenwriter in cinema and on television, having some significant success playing the lead in the series Liquidation.[1][2] In 1990, he co-founded the comic newspaper Blin, that he also directed until 1998.[2] He died on 23 June 2022, aged 75 years old.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Svetacheva, Ulyana (24 June 2022). "Умер звезда "Ликвидации" актер Аркадий Гарцман". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Malay, Katerina (24 June 2022). "Умер звезда Ликвидации Аркадий Гарцман". Obozrevatel (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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