Leonid Margolin: key obituary facts
Is Leonid Margolin dead? Yes. Leonid Margolin died on July 25, 2026, at age 68.
Cause of death: Leonid Margolin's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Leonid Margolin known for?
He was a Belarusian composer.
More about Leonid Margolin
Born: 5 September 1957.
Place of birth: Zhytkavichy.
Gender: male.
Occupation: composer, music arranger, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter.
Nationality: Soviet Union, Belarus, Russia.
Employer: Oleg Mityaev, Lesopoval.
Also known as: Леонид Марголин, Марголин, Леонид, Леонид Юрьевич Марголин, Марголин Леонид Юрьевич.
Leonid Margolin, a Russian musician, died on July 25, 2026, aged 68.
Born on September 5, 1957, in Zhytkavichy, he was a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose career spanned work in Soviet, Belarusian and Russian music. According to his Russian-language biography, he studied at a music college in Mozyr after the eighth grade, qualifying as an orchestra leader for folk instruments, while also teaching himself guitar, keyboards and wind instruments.
He was associated professionally with Oleg Mityaev and Lesopoval.