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Russian Composer Alexander Knaifel Dies at 80

Renowned composer Alexander Knaifel has sadly passed away at the age of 80. TOPSHOT - Vladimir Yurovsky (C) conducts an orchestra during a dress rehearsal of "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka on the main stage of the newly renovated Bolshoi theater in Moscow, on October 31, 2011.