Kris Kelmi (born Anatoli Arievich Kelmi, Russian: Анатолий Арьевич Кельми;[1][2] 21 April 1955 – 1 January 2019) was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. He was a member of the bands Leap Summer, Autograph, and Rock Atelier.[3] Some of his most well-known songs are Night Rendezvous,[1] Closing the Ring,[4] and Tired Taxi.[5][6] Most online sources indicated that Kelmi was a pseudonym, and the musician's surname was Kalinkin. Kelmi denied this version.[7] Kelmi believed that he most likely was Lithuanian on his father's side, explaining that there is a town in Lithuania called Kelmė, which is consonant with his last name. Kris took the nickname in 1972, after Dr. Kris Kelvin, the hero of Stanisław Lem's novel, Solaris.[8]
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| Birth name | Anatoli Arievich Kelmi |
| Born | 21 April 1955 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 1 January 2019 (aged 63) Novoglagolevo, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
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| Years active | 1972–2019 |
Kris Kelmi died on the evening of 1 January 2019 at his Moscow Oblast home from cardiac arrest caused by alcohol abuse.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b «Старый волк» Крис Кельми не промахнулся
- ^ Propsevdo.ru
- ^ Slavic and East European Arts
- ^ Лолита Милявская предложила почтить память Криса Кельми, исполнив его хит «Замыкая круг» // Komsomolskaya Pravda
- ^ Крис Кельми в проекте «МедиаМетрикс»
- ^ На смерть Криса Кельми отреагировали коллеги
- ^ Крису Кельми уже 60
- ^ Крис Кельми: «Мы давно уже не муж и жена, а соседи по квартире» // 7Дней.ру
- ^ Певец Крис Кельми умер 1 января в возрасте 63 лет // Moskovskij Komsomolets. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Причиной смерти Криса Кельми стало хроническое заболевание — СМИ" (in Russian). Regnum. 5 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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