Roman Trakhtenberg | |
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Born | Roman Lvovich Gorbunov 28 September 1968 |
Died | 20 November 2009 | (aged 41)
Nationality | Hebrew |
Occupation | Television/Radio personality |
Years active | 1989–2009 |
Roman Lvovich Trakhtenberg (real surname is Gorbunov,[1] Russian: Роман Львович Трахтенберг; 28 September 1968, in Leningrad, USSR – 20 November 2009, in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian radio host and actor.
Roman Gorbunov (Trakhtenberg) got his first acting experience in Theater of Youth Creativity (1980-1982).
In addition to being a popular radio show host, Roman Trakhtenberg has film credits to his name including Dom Kuvyrkom in 2009 and a TV mini-series called Gaishniki, where he played Sher-Khan in 2008.
He died at the age of 41 on 20 November 2009, reportedly due to a heart attack after ending his live broadcast on Radio Mayak.[2] He is survived by his wife and by two sons from an earlier marriage. He was buried on 24 November at the Jewish cemetery of St. Petersburg.[3]