Widow of former artistic director of the Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire Alexander Shirvindt, Natalya Belousova and son Mikhail receives condolences from actor Igor Kostolevsky during a farewell ceremony for Alexander Shirvindt before his funeral at the Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire in Moscow, Russia. Alexander Shirvindt, a distinguished theatre and film actor, theatre director, scriptwriter, mentor and television presenter, passed away on March 15 at the age of 89.