Renowned Russian singer Iosif Kobzon, who was sometimes compared to Frank Sinatra and was famous for his crooner style, has passed way at the age of 80. On September 11, he would become 81 years.

On July 27, it was reported that doctors connected the lung ventilation device to the singer. Prior to that, Kobzon was transferred to the reanimation department at the Neurosurgery Department of one of the Moscow hospitals.

On the same day, spokeswoman for Kobzon Varvara Vinogradova said that the singer’s hospitalization was planned and that he had not been transferred to the reanimation department. The singer’s wife, Nino Kobzon, made the same statement, too.