Millions believed him: famous Kashpirovsky dies
Soviet and Russian psychotherapist and hypnotist Anatoly Kashpirovsky died on October 3 at the age of 87 from acute heart failure. Death occurred at home, paramedics could not save him. Kashpirovsky became a superstar in the late 1980s thanks to television sessions that attracted millions of viewers.
On Saturday, October 3, Anatoly Kashpirovsky, a Soviet and Russian psychotherapist and hypnotist who became a superstar in the late 1980s, died at the age of 87. The cause of death was acute heart failure. According to SHOT, relatives called an ambulance, but Kashpirovsky could not be saved — he died at home. Russian TV presenter Andrey Malakhov was the first to report the death, later confirmed by the hypnotist's director. Kashpirovsky was born on August 11, 1939 in the village of Stavnitsa, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine. He graduated from Vinnytsia Medical Institute in 1962 and worked in a psychiatric hospital for about 25 years. In 1988–1989 he conducted television sessions in Kyiv, including for children with nocturnal enuresis. From October 1989, the Central Television of the USSR broadcast "Health Sessions of Psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky." Particular resonance was caused by the Kyiv-Moscow and Kyiv-Tbilisi telebridges, during which he claimed to anesthetize patients remotely during operations. From 1993 to 1995 he was a deputy of the State Duma of Russia. Despite his medical education, scientists and doctors harshly criticized his methods of remote suggestion as unscientific, which eventually led to a ban on such programs. From 2020 until spring 2026, Kashpirovsky ran a YouTube channel with live broadcasts and "remote health sessions."