[FPSPACE] Leonov again in hospital for his heart

[James Oberg]

see http://www.life.ru/news/63289  [Jim's rough translation]
   The legendary cosmonaut, first man in open space, Aleksey Leonov on his professional holiday was forced to call 911. During Cosmonautics Day the 74-yr-old Aleksey [Arkhipovich] had a heart problem. Recollections about the past so agitated Leonov that his body, which recently endured an infarction, did not hold up. The legendary pilot-cosmonaut, who was being characterized by once excellent health, increasingly more frequently has endured problems with his health. Recently for Aleksey [Arkhipovich] it is frequently necessary to turn to the doctors. In the past year Leonov suffered an extensive myocardial infarction. In the Burdenko's hospital where they brought Aleksey [Arkhipovicha], to him they made a complex operation on the heart. The surgical intervention passed successfully, but the disease again makes itself known. 





Earlier in the day, he had been visiting Star City and meeting bigwigs:

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http://www.rg.ru/2009/04/13/medvedev.html



Here's a photo: http://img.rg.ru/img/content/31/48/42/kos250.jpg -- ?? ??????? ? ??????????-???????????? ????????? ???????? ??????????? ? ????????? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???????????. ????: ???????? ?????????? // 

Top gocernment and space folks:  Medvedev, ?, Perminov, Klimuk, Leonov, Tereshkova



An earlier press report said he would spend the morning of April 12 at Saratov, with other cosmonauts, in the fueld where Gagarin landed in 1961:

http://sarinform.ru/news/community/19749




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