Roman Trakhtenberg

Roman Trakhtenberg

Born	Roman Lvovich Gorbunov (1968-09-28)28 September 1968 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Died	20 November 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 41) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Hebrew
Occupation	Television/Radio personality
Years active	1989–2009

Roman Lvovich Trakhtenberg (real surname is Gorbunov,^[1] Russian: Роман Львович Трахтенберг; 28 September 1968, in Leningrad, USSR – 20 November 2009, in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian radio host and actor.

Biography

Roman Gorbunov (Trakhtenberg) got his first acting experience in Theater of Youth Creativity (1980-1982).

In addition to being a popular radio show host, Roman Trakhtenberg has film credits to his name including Dom Kuvyrkom in 2009 and a TV mini-series called Gaishniki, where he played Sher-Khan in 2008.

He died at the age of 41 on 20 November 2009, reportedly due to a heart attack after ending his live broadcast on Radio Mayak.^[2] He is survived by his wife and by two sons from an earlier marriage. He was buried on 24 November at the Jewish cemetery of St. Petersburg.^[3]