The reason of the death of USSR People's Artist Maya Plisetskaya at the age of 89 was a heart attack.
The reason of the death of USSR People's Artist Maya Plisetskaya at the age of 89 was a heart attack. Plisetskaya was one of the best ballerinas of the 20th century.
For about 50 years she was the unchanged prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre.
She danced the “Swan Lake” of Tchaikovsky for more than 800 times. The most famous roles of Plisetskaya were Aurora in “Sleeping Beauty”, the Mistress in “The Stone Flower” and Karmen in "Carmen Suite". According to the will of the artist her body will be cremated and scattered all over Russia.
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