Career
He died at the age of 41 on 20 November 2009, reportedly due to a heart attack after ending his live broadcast on Radio Mayak. He was buried on 24 November at the Jewish cemetery of Saint St. Petersburg. In addition to being a popular radio show host, Roman Trakhtenberg has film credits to his name including Dom Kuvyrkom in 2009 and a television mini-series called Gaishniki, where he played Sher-Khan in 2008.