Iosif Kobzon at one of his last performances, on Red Square in Moscow, May 24, 2017.
A performance in the "Orbita" shop in Moscow, 1978. Kobzon's first album was released in 1962, and by the Brezhnev era he was a household name.
Kobzon with Soviet cosmonaut German Titov (right), during shooting of a New Year TV show in Moscow on October 18, 1983.
Kobzon gives autographs to Chernobyl disaster cleanup workers in 1986.
Kobzon performs wartime songs at a memorial day in Moscow, June 22, 1996.
Azerbaijani Culture Minister Polad Bulbuloglu (center) presents Kobzon with a handmade carpet for his 60th birthday, September 11, 1997.
Kobzon (left) accompanies a woman and three children, hostages released by Chechen gunmen during the Dubrovka Theater siege in Moscow, October 24, 2002.
A statue of Kobzon is installed in Donetsk, Ukraine, August 30, 2003.
Russian President Vladimir Putin presents a medal to Kobzon during an award ceremony in the Kremlin on August 29, 2012.
Performing at a Victory Day concert in Chisinau, Moldova, May 9, 2013.
Kobzon and Aleksandr Zakharchenko, a Russia-backed separatist leader, sing a Soviet song together during a concert in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 2014.
Kobzon shows off a "passport" he was issued by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, an entity created by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Kobzon performing a song against Western sanctions on Russia, January 1, 2015.
Putin presents Kobzon with the "Hero of Labor" medal during a ceremony at the Kremlin, April 30, 2016.
Kobzon at yet another Kremlin award ceremony, pictured with his wife Nelli, June 27, 2018.
Legendary Russian crooner Iosif Kobzon died at the age of 80 on August 30, 2018. Hugely popular during the Soviet era, he was a strong supporter of President Vladimir Putin and was a lawmaker from 1997 until his death.