OGOGO

Most of you may have heard about the sad news, Igor(OGOGO) Grigoriev’s passing.

The services will be held in the loving memory of my beloved husband Igor Grigoriev

...as follows:

Green Hills Memorial Park

27501 South Western Avenue

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

Monday, October 4, 2010 @ 11:00 am


I would like to share with you a little about my beloved husband, Igor.

He was born on June 1, 1955 in Moscow, Russia. He was a devoted musician and teacher. He spent most of his life learning, playing, composing and recording music. He thought himself how to play the guitar and received his first guitar from his mom at about the age of 12. He went on to recive his masters in music in Moscow but he took music to another level. He loved art from a very young age, and had a very exceptional personality since childhood. He was raised by his mom, grandma and grandpa and he was such a strong and free spirit like his mother. His favorite musician was J.S.Bach, he loved Andrei Tarkovsky’s movies, adored Salvador Dali’s work and personality and loved Grigori Rasputin’s life story.

He also went by the name IgOr OGOGO, and devoted much of his time to his OGOGO music, which was an avant-garde type of music, but honestly it is hard to describe it in words. It has to be heard. He wrote a song for Darya and a few songs for me in the nick names that he used to call me and used many of our voices, heartbeats etc in his music. He also wrote a song called Cocoon Me which as he told me was about the process of birth till death, which was one of my favorite OGOGO pieces.

He adored the extraordinary and avoided the ordinary as much as possible, hence his side burns,his black clothing, and things like never going to McDonalds just because pretty much everyone has been to one. He loved to stand out and did not care about how other’s judged him. He had a sense of humor that not everyone could appreciate but once they knew him they loved him and knew how he loved to twist and play with the words and be sarcastic and playful just like a little boy. He was the most peaceful, honest, harmless person I have ever met. He was definitely a wonderful husband and a father. He was very excited about our new baby on the way and we were both waiting impatiently to find out the gender of our baby so we could start shopping accordingly for him/her. I know he loved to keep things short and simple but I can’t sum up his life in just a few lines. He knows he was loved even till the last minutes of his life. We were at home and he had just kissed me, played with Darya and kissed my belly to say hi to the baby before he got up to go to the closet to get dressed to go to the store and suddenly turned toward me and collapsed at about 10:15 pm, from what I’ve been told was a massive heart attack. He loved eating healthy and he almost liked any type of fish or seafood. But he hated going to the doctor, or taking medications. He never had a check up and refused to go to a doctor. He always wished for a fast and painless death and he hated the idea of living till an old age because he said he didn’t want to live if he couldn’t do anything and only be a burden for others. He passed away just like his wish. Although it will always be a devastating memory and a painful moment in my life but at least I get some peace from knowing he passed away in an extraordinary, shocking and quick manner like just like the way he wanted to. I tried CPR till the paramedics came, thankfully quickly, but his heart wasn’t responding. He was pronounced dead at 11:00pm on September 25, 2010 at Chino Valley hospital, but he will forever live in my heart and he will also live through our children. He was my best friend, my family, my love, and my life. I loved him since the day I met him and he will always have a home in my heart.



Rest in Peace My Love!

Kimia Grigoriev