[FPSPACE] Leonov -- WAS 'alle kosmonautika'

[Jim Oberg]

Thanks, Jakob!

What were the thoughts there about Leonov's condition,
and prospects for a recovery?

Here's my/babelfish's rough translation of the latest LIFE.ru story....
Leonov fell into the ICU after learning about death of sister.

The heart of legendary cosmonaut did not endure the grief

http://www.life.ru/video/5641

The famous cosmonaut arrived at the hospital in grave condition after he 
accidentally learned about the death of his dear 87-year-old sister - Raisa 
[Ganichevoy]. Aleksey [Arkhipovich]'s state, until now, remains grave.

"Now Aleksey [Arkhipovich] is stood in the glare of the odin-odineshenek 
[probably meaning "the one and only", or "last survivor"], says Svetlana, 
the niece of the cosmonaut. "He carried out its bitter and heavy duty - one 
after another after burying the parents and nine sisters and brothers, but 
my mom he could not bury. News about her death cut him down. He so far is in 
the resuscitation unit in grave condition. Lord, I each day pray for him.

"We did not want to tell him about death of mama. They knew - he would not 
survive. He learned this terrible news completely accidentally . After the 
burial of mother they rang him from the administration of Kemerovsk province 
in order to express condolences apropos of the death of his sister. This 
became for him a real blow.

Sister -- Aleksey [Arkhipovich] greatly loved Raisa. Frequently he arrived 
at her home in Kemerovo as a guest. He promised to visit her even this 
summer. But he fell ill. And when he wrote off the visit, Raisa departed 
from life.

"About the death of my mother I first of all reported to the wife of Aleksey 
[Arkhipovich]," through tears speaks the niece of cosmonaut. "We for a long 
time with her tried to decide as to reporting about this. But then they 
decided not to say. But he nevertheless learned by the will of evil fate.

"Aleksey [Arkhipovich] so far lies at cardiology, at the resuscitation. His 
state is stable. This week he undergoes examination, then the doctors will 
be settled on a treatment. Although he has already had three heart attacks, 
I hope that everything will be good.

"Mama repeatedly said before her death that her "Lenka", so she called her 
little brother, without fail he must live until the [tyatiniy -- ?] age - of 
up to 88 years. And we all hope that he will carry out the precept of his 
dear sister, he will work it out, he must be worked out. He is strong!"