the mistress of a Soviet spy resulted in several far-reaching consequences. On a personal level, Ivanov's relationship with Keeler caused Maya to leave him, while the Kremlin failed to show him much recognition. The double rejection led to Ivanov drinking heavily for some time afterwards. Ward took an overdose of barbiturates on the evening of 30 July 1963, just hours after a damning summing up by the judge at his trial on charges of living off the immoral earnings (i.e. prostitution) of Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. Ward slipped into a coma and was rushed to hospital; he was found guilty in absentia on 31 July, but died on 3 August before sentence could be passed. Later years Ivanov was recalled to Moscow on 22 January 1963, prior to the Profumo affair becoming public knowledge, after the Soviet government had sensed a potential scandal involving MI5. Upon returning to the Soviet Union, Ivanov seemingly "disappeared" in the eyes of the international community by keeping a very low profile for the next 29 years, while he had actually continued his naval career, being assigned to the Black Sea Fleet, before publishing his memoirs in 1992. It is not known whether Ivanov continued to work with the GRU but he was reportedly awarded the Order of Lenin late in his career. Keeler revealed that she met Ivanov again in Moscow in 1993. In 1994, Ivanov was found dead in his Moscow flat at the age of 68. Memoirs Ivanov's partially ghost-written memoirs The Naked Spy were published in 1992. In the book Ivanov stated that he had been able to obtain significant military intelligence by accessing British political circles. However he claimed that his GRU seniors remained unaware of his relationship with Keeler until the story broke in the UK, since he saw no need to report upon a private relationship. Cultural references Ivanov is portrayed by Jeroen Krabbé in the 1989 film Scandal, and by Ian Conningham in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical Stephen Ward the Musical, which opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 December 2013. Ivanov was portrayed by Visar Vishka, a Yugoslavian-born actor, in the 2019 BBC TV drama series, The Trial of Christine Keeler. Peter Sellers portrayed Ivanov in British audio comedy Fool Britannia (1963). Bibliography Honeytrap (1987) by Anthony Summers & Stephen Dorril, Coronet Books, . An Affair of State: The Profumo Case and the Framing of