The widow of the great Alexei Batalov, Gitana Leontenko, passed away

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At the age of 90, the Soviet circus artist, the widow of actor Alexei Batalov, Gitana Leontenko, passed away. Information with reference to a family representative is provided by TASS.

The horse dancer married Batalov in 1963. In this marriage, a daughter, Maria, was born, suffering from cerebral palsy. It is also known about the daughter of Batalov and Leontenko that she graduated from the script department of the All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov and lives by literary works.

Alexey Vladimirovich himself died in 2017.

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