Umenyezeli we-TV odumile uYuri Nikolaev izolo wagcina engeniswe esibhedlela eMnyangweni we-Oncological Omunye wezibhedlela zedolobha elikhulu, ubhala uStarhit. Umtholampilo waseMoscow. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, abadokotela basemtholampilo kumele babambe ukubonisana, okuzonquma ukwelashwa okwengeziwe komculi wabantu abaneminyaka engu-65 ubudala. Mhlawumbe imbangela yokwethulwa kwesibhedlela kwakuwumdlavuza wamathumbu, owatholakala ngo-2007. Ngemuva kwalokho umculi washukumisela imisebenzi eminingana, inkambo ye-chemotherapy futhi imangalisa.
Kumele kwaziwe ukuthi ngo-Ephreli 15, uYuri Alexandrovich waya e-Alla Pugacheva futhi akazange akhononde ngenhlalakahle yenhlala-kahle.
Khumbula ukuthi uYuri Nikolaev usebenza iminyaka eminingi kuthelevishini. Ngo-1991, uNikolaev wadala i-Televion Production Unics Unins, ekhiphe uhlelo lwamasonto onke "ekuseni inkanyezi". NgoMashi 1995, uNikolaev waba omunye wabakhiqizi bohlelo lokuzijabulisa "Qagela umculo!". Futhi, umdwebi waholwa "yi-Blue Spark" ethandwayo "nengoma yonyaka". Ngo-2000, uNikolaev wenza njengomncintiswano oholayo "ukudansa eqhweni", kusukela ngo-2009 udlulise "iTesta yeRiphabhulikhi" esiteshini sokuqala. Ngo-1998, wanikezwa isihloko somculi wabantu weRussia Federation.