At the 89th year of his life, the poet and screenwriter Alexander Timofeevsky died in the hospital from a serious illness. This was announced by the chief editor of Soyuzmultfilm Sergey Kapkov on Facebook.
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“He was not only a poet published and loved by many, he was a real figure animated films. He worked as an editor for «Soyuzmultfilm» and «Screen», punching and defending other people's scripts, writing his own, composing lyrics.
“He could not live without work and communication. I even called from the hospital with the comment: «I just want to remind you that I still have …»
«Let them run awkwardly» became the anthem for the birthday of every Soviet person. Surprisingly, this particular number within the framework of the Song of the Year concert was repeated for the first and almost the only time as an encore during a television recording, so great was the success, «Kapkov wrote.