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Fokin left behind his wife, Anastasia Khanina, and three children, Evgeny, 11, Anna, 2, and Grigori, only two weeks old. His wife, who does not speak English, has no job and needs help supporting her family, according to Chris Schmidt, a local filmmaker and friend of the family...
Fokin came to the United States from Russia three years ago with nothing but a suitcase full of puppets he made himself, Schmidt said...
Fokin was one of the last people still practicing this craft, Schmidt said...
Fokin first lived in Cambridge and them moved to Belmont. When he died, he was in the process of applying for a green card as a person "of extraordinary talent," Schmidt said...
...special way of connecting to people. He made more of an impact here in three years than most people who live here all their lives make," Schmidt said. "Even though he performed the same shows over and over, he took pleasure in each show as if it were the first time he was performing...