Famous russian ballet-dancer falls from balcony because he "lost his balance".

[DetlefK]

Don't you hate that when it happens to you? You go out onto the balcony to have a smoke, and when you try to come back in, you lose your balance and tumble over the railing.

https://people.com/vladimir-shklyarov-dead-russian-ballet-star-dies-at-39-8746824

Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died. He was 39.

Shklyarov died on Saturday, Nov. 16, after falling from the fifth floor of a building, Anna Kasatkina, a representative for the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia, told local news outlet Fontanka.

The incident took place while Shklyarov was on painkillers prior to a spinal surgery scheduled for Monday, Nov. 18, Kasatkina said.

Kasatkina did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

While a federal investigation has been launched to investigate Shklyarov's death, "the preliminary cause" has been ruled an accident, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

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She said he "went out onto the balcony to get some air and smoke" and "lost his balance."

[elleng]

1. ;-(

[JoseBalow]

2. Ballet dancers are notoriously clumsy

[hedda_foil]

3. Here he is in Le Corsaire.

[Mosby]

4. In this case it probably was the opioids. nt

[DingleBerryNW]

5. Lesson

One would think that, by now, Russian citizens would have learned a simple lesson. Never live or stay in a hotel room above the 1st floor.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Welcome to DU

[niyad]

7. Funny how the article does not mention that he was a critic of putin.