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| Legendary Soviet spy actor dies | Legendary Soviet spy actor dies |
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| Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who immortalised a fictional wartime spy called Stirlitz in a 1973 Soviet TV series, has died in Moscow at 81. | Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who immortalised a fictional wartime spy called Stirlitz in a 1973 Soviet TV series, has died in Moscow at 81. |
| Tikhonov, more familiar to Western audiences as Prince Andrei in an epic Soviet adaptation of War And Peace in the 1960s, had suffered a heart attack. | Tikhonov, more familiar to Western audiences as Prince Andrei in an epic Soviet adaptation of War And Peace in the 1960s, had suffered a heart attack. |
| As Stirlitz, he was as familiar to Soviets as James Bond in the West. | As Stirlitz, he was as familiar to Soviets as James Bond in the West. |
| Jokes about his encounters with the Gestapo chief Mueller in Nazi Berlin remain a national treasure in Russia. | Jokes about his encounters with the Gestapo chief Mueller in Nazi Berlin remain a national treasure in Russia. |
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