Anatoly Kashpirovsky: key obituary facts
Is Anatoly Kashpirovsky dead? Yes. Anatoly Kashpirovsky died on October 3, 2026, at age 87.
Cause of death: Anatoly Kashpirovsky's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Anatoly Kashpirovsky known for?
He was a Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and a controversial psychic healer.
More about Anatoly Kashpirovsky
Born: 11 August 1939.
Place of birth: Stavnytsia.
Place of death: Moscow.
Gender: male.
Occupation: politician, boxer, physician, parapsychologist, hypnotist, psychotherapist.
Nationality: Soviet Union, Russia.
Education: Vinnytsia National Medical University. M. I. Pirogov.
Awards: Master of Sport of the USSR, YouTube Creator Awards.
Also known as: Anatoly Mikhaylovich Kashpirovsky, Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky.
Anatoly Kashpirovsky, the Ukrainian-born Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and politician who became one of the Soviet Union’s best-known alternative healers, died on October 3, 2026, aged 87.
Born Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky in Stavnytsia, he trained at Vinnytsia National Medical University and later built a career as a psychotherapist, gaining wide attention in the 1980s for televised hypnosis-style broadcasts and for work with the Soviet Olympic weightlifting team. He also served as a member of parliament from 1993 to 1995.
Kashpirovsky was among the most controversial public figures in post-Soviet healing and parapsychology.