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Anatoly Kashpirovsky, known for Soviet TV healing sessions, dies at 87
Soviet-era television hypnotist Anatoly Kashpirovsky died in Moscow on Saturday at the age of 87. His nephew, Yury Mamayev, said he died from advanced cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain, followed by multiple organ failure.
Famous Soviet television hypnotist Anatoly Kashpirovsky died in Moscow on Saturday at the age of 87.
Kashpirovsky’s nephew, Yury Mamayev, said the cancer had spread to his lungs and brain, after which multiple organ failure developed. A representative for Kashpirovsky had previously said that he suffered sudden cardiac arrest after his blood pressure fell sharply.
Television program reached millions of viewers
Born in Soviet Ukraine in 1939, Kashpirovsky graduated from the Vinnytsia Medical Institute in 1962. He later worked as a psychiatrist at a regional psychiatric hospital for 25 years.
Kashpirovsky rose to prominence in the 1980s as interest in occult subjects grew in the country. His six-part program, Health Sessions with Psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky, began airing on Soviet Central Television in October 1989. The number of viewers was estimated to have exceeded 200 million.
Politics and the Budyonnovsk hostage crisis
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kashpirovsky entered politics and was elected in 1993 to Russia’s first State Duma on the list of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party.
Involved in negotiations during the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis in June 1995, Kashpirovsky persuaded Chechen commander Shamil Basayev to release some of the 1,500 hostages. However, he was unable to secure Basayev’s surrender.
His methods sparked debate in the scientific community
In the later years of his life, Kashpirovsky clashed with health regulators over accusations that he was illegally practicing folk medicine. The Russian Academy of Sciences described his methods as “absolute pseudoscience.” Kashpirovsky defended his medical qualifications and won multiple defamation lawsuits.
Kashpirovsky continued working with his followers, touring and holding “healing sessions” on YouTube until March this year.
The funeral will be held at Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on Thursday, Oct. 8, the anniversary of the first broadcast of his six-part television program.
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