Yuri Klinskikh

During the years 1982—1984 he served in the army on the Far East. In 1984—1986 he worked in the traffic police, then — on a factory as milling-machine operator. He used to write songs as hobby since school years. He then started performing in 1987. In 1988, he founded his band Sektor Gaza.

On July 4, 2000, Klinskih felt severe pain chest and stomach pain, but chose not to cancel a meeting later that day to film a music video for the song "Noch Straha" ("Night of Fear"). He died that day at the age of 35 in Voronezh. Although it is rumored that he died due to either heart failure or hepatitis C caused by severe alcohol and possibly drug abuse, the exact cause of his death remains unknown since official investigation was never carried out.[1] He is buried on the Levoberezhniy cemetery of Voronezh.

• Tikhomirov V. N. «Hoi!» Epitaph rock dolt». (2001). ISBN 5-85929-091-8.
• Gnoevoi R. «Sektor Gaza» the eyes of a close». (2004). ISBN 5-94037-043-8.
• Alekseev A. S. «Who is who in Russian rock music». (2009). ISBN 978-5-17-048654-0 (AST), ISBN 978-5-271-24160-4 (Astrel), ISBN 978-985-16-7343-4 (Kharvest).

• Official website.
• Official Voronezh site.