April 26, 2011 would have turned 80 to Yuri Leonidovich Merkulov During the war years, the gypsy guessed him, still a kid, more than 100 years of life. Despite the hungry childhood, he really had heroic health: in his youth he was crossed by the Volga from the shore to the shore! Nevertheless, the fortuneteller was a little mistaken: Yuri Leonidovich did not live up to his 80th birthday for only a few months.