Kris Kelmi (born Anatoli Arievich Kelmi, Russian: Анатолий Арьевич Кельми;[1][2] 21 April 1955 – 1 January 2019[3]) was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. He was a member of the bands Leap Summer, Autograph, and Rock Atelier [ru].[4] Some of his most well-known songs are Night Rendezvous,[1] Closing the Ring,[5] and Tired Taxi.[6][7] Most online sources indicated that Kelmi was a pseudonym, and the musician's surname was Kalinkin. Kelmi denied this version.[8] 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.[9]
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Birth name | Anatoli Arievich Kelmi |
Born | (1955-04-21)21 April 1955 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 1 January 2019(2019-01-01) (aged 63) Novoglagolevo [ru], 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.[3][10]
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