Rock musician and actor Pyotr Mamonov succumbs to coronavirus

Russian rock musician, actor, songwriter and frontman of the Zvuki Mu band Pyotr Mamonov died on Thursday from coronavirus, aged 70, his wife and manager Olga said.

"Pyotr Manonov died today," she said. Over two weeks ago, he was taken in a serious condition to Moscow’s Kommunarka hospital for COVID-19 patients.

"He succumbed to the illness. It’s such a tragedy. We must somehow live through this," TASS cited film director Pavel Lungin as saying.