Михаил Исаевич Танич, Mikhail Isaievich Tanich (Tankhilevich)
Popular Russian song lyrics writer of Jewish descent, a laureate of the Interior Ministry Award (1997), a laureate of the jubilee contest The Song of the Year devoted to the 25th anniversary of that television program, a laureate of nearly all the annual festivals The Song of the Year, and a laureate of the Ovation National Music Award (1997).
Born: September 15, 1923, Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Died: April 17, 2008, Moscow, Russia