A Russian entertainer-turned-politician was killed in a car crash Sunday, the BBC reports. Mikhail Yevdokimov's car swerved to avoid a car and hit a tree, killing him, his driver and a bodyguard. His wife was injured. They were en route to a ceremony for cosmonaut German Titov. Dubbed Russia's Arnold Schwarzenegger, 44-year-old Yevdokimov was a comedian turned governor of his home of Altai, Siberia. He was elected in 2004 -- his first election -- with nearly 50 percent of the vote, over incumbent Alexander Surikov. © Copyright 2005 by United Press International

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