Fedir Stryhun: key obituary facts
Is Fedir Stryhun dead? Yes. Fedir Stryhun died on October 23, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Fedir Stryhun's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Fedir Stryhun known for?
Fedir Stryhun was an Ukrainian actor and director.
Fedir Stryhun, the Ukrainian actor and director whose screen credits included The Lost Letter, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn and The Guide, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86.
Born in the village of Tomashivka, in what is now Cherkasy region, he trained in the studio of V. O.
Nelli and completed his studies in 1961. He began his professional career at the Zaporizhzhia Drama Theatre. Stryhun received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in 1978 and was named a People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR the following year. In 2017, he became an academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and held the rank of professor. His leadership roles included heading the western branch of the Union of Theatre Workers of Ukraine and the Lviv interregional branch of the National Union of Theatre Workers of Ukraine. From September 1996 to October 2001, he served on the committee for Ukraine’s Taras Shevchenko National Prize. Stryhun was the widower of actor Taisiia Lytvynenko and the father of actor Nazar Stryhun.