Vladimir Basov was a notable Soviet actor and director best known for the leading role as Bruno in _Shchit i mech . He died of a second heart attack on September 17, 1987, in his Moscow home, and was laid to rest in Moscow, Russia.
His problems with alcohol were the reason why his second wife, Natalya Fateeva , had to leave him after five years of their hectic marriage.
In a drunken rage in Moscow he scared his third wife, Valentina Titova , so that she left him to marry his cameraman.
