Lion Moiseevich, in an interview with the host of the show "The Fate of a Man" on the TV channel "Russia-1", shared the tragic story of his youth. A girl named Valentina conquered the writer's heart at first sight. “She was very beautiful and everyone liked her. There are people like that! " - the writer described his beloved. He began to show her signs of attention and after a while they began an affair. However, before Izmailov, Valentina met with another young man who continued to be jealous of the girl even after parting.
Once Valentina came to visit her friend, whom her ex-boyfriend did not like very much. He found out about this, broke into her apartment and fired from a homemade pistol, first at his ex-girlfriend, and then shot himself. The victim was immediately taken to the hospital, where Lyon Moiseevich and her parents later arrived. Despite all the efforts of the doctors, the girl died without regaining consciousness. After such a tragedy, the man did not dare to start a new relationship for many years. However, in 1975 he married Elena Sorokina, with whom he lives to this day.
