Igor Krasavin

Krasavin, born in Minsk, Belarus in 1971, was a 10th grade schoolboy in Minsk when he was discovered by director Leonid Nechaev, who noted the boy's physique (he was a swimmer) and thought he would be perfect for his upcoming musical fairy tale film. His parents were reluctant to give their approval, but Igor wanted to give acting a try as something different from his studies. His appearance in the 1989 film lead him to become a teen idol, which bothered the shy young man; although he was offered additional roles in other films, he turned all offers down. A teen poll in Soviet Screen magazine in 2009 placed him as the second most popular actor among readers. Igor decided he did not enjoy working on films and the resultant limelight and hence never appeared on screen again. He later attended the Belarussian Polytechnic Institute with degrees in hydraulic engineering and road construction and took a job with a construction company in 1994. Around the same time he met his wife, and the couple had a daughter. Suffering from high blood pressure, he succumbed to a brain aneurysm and died on August 7, 2009 after a week long coma.