Yuri Klinskikh (1964–2000) was a Russian musician, singer, songwriter and arranger who founded the rock band Sektor Gaza. He was also known as Yuri "Khoy". He began writing songs as a hobby in his school years and started performing in 1987, before founding Sektor Gaza in 1988. The band released a long series of albums in the 1990s, and Klinskikh died in Voronezh in 2000 at the age of 35.
Early life and career
Klinskikh served in the Soviet Army in the Far East from 1982 to 1984. Afterwards he worked in the traffic police and then as a milling-machine operator in a factory. He had begun writing songs as a hobby in his early school years, and he started performing in 1987. A year later he founded the band Sektor Gaza, which became the main outlet for his work.
Death and legacy
On July 4, 2000, Klinskikh reportedly felt severe chest and stomach pain but chose not to cancel a meeting that day to film a music video for the song "Noch Straha". He died that day in Voronezh. Rumors attributed his death to heart failure or Hepatitis C linked to heavy alcohol and possibly drug use, but the exact cause remains unknown because no official investigation was carried out. He is buried in the Levoberezhniy Cemetery of Voronezh.