Mark Bernes [SEP] cause of death
1950s, Mark Bernes also performed torch songs such as the sentimental ballad "I Dreamed of You Three Years," and inspirational optimistic songs such as the march "I Love You, My Life."
In 1969, Mark Bernes was dying from lung cancer. In the summer of 1969, he recorded his last song "Ballad About the Cranes," which became his testament before death. Bernes sang that the soldiers that perished in war turned into cranes. He sang that the cranes are still in their flight and
in the press until decades after. Although awards and titles bypassed her, Ruslanova presided over the first All-Soviet Festival of Soviet Songs, together with Leonid Utyosov, Mark Bernes, and Klavdiya Shulzhenko. She went on singing right up until her death in 1973, at the age of 72.
Ruslanova crater on Venus is named after her.
Discography.
- 1996: "Поёт Лидия Русланова
- 2000: "Царица Русской песни"
- 2001: "Великие исполнители России XX века"
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