 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 27, 1988, zuva rakatevera gore rechipiri rekuparadzwa kweChernobyl Nuclear Power Plantuye zuva rimwe asati aburitsa zvabuda muongororo yezvakakonzera njodzi iyi, Legasov akazviuraya pachipfuva cheimba yake yekuMoscow kunyange hazvo mamwe masosi achiti ari mumba make, vamwe vari muhofisi make. Pfuti yomunhu oga yakasara musero, asi purofesa akasarudza kuzvisungirira. Akavigwa paNovodevichy Cemetery muMoscow. Legasov aiva nemakore 51. 