Jüri Aarma (30 May 1951

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography Na ...

– 21 May 2019

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) was an Estonian actor, musician and cultural journalist. From 1970 to 1977, he studied at the Department of the Performing Arts of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

) and completed the 6th Flight, under the guidance of Grigori Kromanov and Mikk Mikiver. He was then an actor in the Youth Theater until 1995. From 1992 to 1996, he was a regular editor, then co-author of Kuku Raadio. From 1995 to 2002 he was a member of ''Teater. Muusika. Kino.'' Aarma has worked for ''

Maaleht http://ekspress.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/ekspress-on-eesti-suurim-nadalaleht?id=69205373 ''Maaleht'' is the biggest weekly newspaper published in Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Nort ...

'' since 2005 and has held a number of roles in editing cultural news, writing colorful interviews, participating in several television programs with which ''Maaleht'' was a partner. He also hosted the cultural program ''Praegu ja siin'' on

Tallinna TV Tallinna TV was a television channel in Estonia, formerly called Tallinn Eesti Televisioon. It had transmitters in Tallinn, Pärnu, Valgjärve, Kohtla-Nõmme, and Orissaare Orissaare is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in ...

.Praegu Ja Siin
/ref> Aarma was married to choral conductor Merike Aarma and his children are

Kiur Aarma Kiur Aarma (born June 25, 1975) is an Estonian television journalist. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1997. Aarma is also a writer and producer; among the films upon which he has worked is 2006's '' Sinimäed'', a documentary abo ...

and Roosi-Mae Aarma. On 21 May 2019, Aarma was struck and killed by a train on the Tallinn-Veerenni level crossing while on his bicycle.

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