Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (Russian

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:Игорь Владимирович Старыгин, June 13, 1946, Moscow — November 8, 2009, Moscow) was a Russia

Russia

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n and Soviet actor of stage and film.

An alumnus of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, Starygin had more than 40 roles in films and is most known for the role of Aramis

Aramis

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 in D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers

D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers

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(1979) and its sequels (1992, 1993, 2007). He had another famous role in the TV series The State Border (1980s).

Starygin also performed with the Moscow Art Theatre

Moscow Art Theatre

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 and the Theatre of Mossovet.

He died, aged 63, on November 8, 2009 in Moscow

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 from complications of a September stroke

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. Starygin was buried at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery

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