The multiplier Leonid Schwartzman died, said the chief editor of Soyuzmultfilm Sergey Kapkov. “He was sick lately, died today in the hospital,” he said.
Actor Vasily Livanov told RBC that thanks to Schwarzman, “such excellent cartoons appeared that more than one generation of children has grown.”
Schwartzman worked at the studio in 1948-2001, he participated in the development of the image of Cheburashka, was an artist-winner of the “Scarlet Flower” (1952), “Golden Antilopus” (1954), “Snow Queen” (1957), “Uncle) Steppa “(1964),” mittens “(1967),” Kitten named Gav “(1976-1980),” 38 Parrots “(1976-1992) and dozens of other Soviet cartoons.
The animated clinic was 101 years old.