On September 1, 1998, Igor Sorin fell from the balcony of the sixth floor of a studio apartment in western Moscow; Here he was trying to record his first solo record together with musicians from the group “DSM Formation”. According to the band’s sound engineer, in the morning Igor went to the balcony to “refresh” and did not return – and after a while he was found lying on the grass below.
Sorin miraculously survived the fall: he was unconsciously taken to the 71st City Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with a fracture of the spine and complete paralysis of the lower part of the body. Doctors decided to perform a complex operation, but immediately warned the musician’s parents that even if he survived, he would remain paralyzed forever. Shortly before the operation, Sorin regained consciousness and talked to his mother for a few minutes.
“They took me to the bed and I saw a completely calm face. “Mom, kiss me,” he said. “I kissed him and realized that this was the end.” — Svetlana Sorina told TV presenter Oksana Pushkina.
The operation was successful, but the artist could not go out: After three days of struggle, his heart could not stand it. On September 4, 1998, Igor Sorin died at the age of 29.
It is not known for certain what happened to Igor Sorin on that fateful morning. At the same time, there are still many versions of the tragedy.
Igor Sorin was killed
Sorin’s mother was sure her son had been murdered. According to the woman’s testimony, that night a fight broke out in the studio apartment on Veresaeva Street, as a result of which unidentified people broke the artist’s neck, and then, in fear, carried his body under the balcony.
“The doctor who performed the autopsy told me that the internal organs were completely intact. If you fall from the sixth floor, it must either be damaged or crushed. “At the same time, the cervical vertebrae are broken,” he said. HABER.ru.
The woman added that the people with whom Igor was in the apartment that night moved abroad immediately after the accident. The version that Sorin could have been killed was also supported by his former colleague from Ivanushki, Andrei Grigoriev-Appolonov. In an interview with the channel “Moscow 24” The artist stated that he did not notice any bruises on Sorin’s body, which, in his opinion, should accompany a fall from a height.
“I visited Igor in the hospital and he had no bruises. Can you fall from the sixth floor without any injuries? “A karateka broke his neck,” Grigoriev-Appolonov said.
Igor Sorin was ruined by drugs
According to some reports, at the time of the tragedy Igor Sorin was in a state of drug intoxication and may have accidentally fallen out of the window. Kommersant’s sources in music circles claimed that the artist “has been using drugs for a long time.”
His friend, journalist Otar Kushanashvili, also talked about the musician’s addiction.
“Like every drug addict, he sent the whole world away. I come to his art studio and there [следы употребления наркотиков]. He sits down, writes a composition, produces a song. Then I met Igor Matvienko in tears and said: “We almost lost him. like this [фигню] They just write under the influence,” said journalist Dr. In Lazarev’s program.
Igor Matvienko remained silent for a long time, but gave an interview in 2018 aif.ruHe noted that both Igor Sorin and Oleg Yakovlev, who later replaced him, were ruined by addictions.
“Unfortunately, what happened to Oleg is the same as what happens to many people, athletes working in creative professions or leaving sports. Addiction destroyed him. In his case, alcohol was involved. “Not only Oleg Yakovlev, but also Igor Sorin left early, albeit due to drugs,” said the producer of “Ivanushki International”.
Two years later Matvienko was again spoke He explained that he learned about Sorin’s addiction only after he left the group.
“I don’t know exactly what happened there, but he fell in with a group of friends who were bad people, especially those who used drugs. <…> There wasn’t much money, so it wasn’t all very good quality. Even though it doesn’t make any difference how “quality” the medicine is. “The result is the same,” he said.
At the same time, no traces of alcohol or drugs were found in Sorin’s blood.
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The investigation assessed that the main version of the tragedy was suicide.
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