French electronic music pioneer Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi died Wednesday in an accidental fall from a building in Paris.
A spokesman for the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into the cause of Zdar’s death.
The musician was one half of the group Cassius, and died at the age of 50, reports CNN affiliate BFMTV.
“He accidentally fell through the window of a top floor of a Parisian building,” Zdar’s agent Sebastian Farran told the AFP news agency.
Zdar’s ex-wife and mother of his daughter published a black screen on Instagram without comment.
Rapper Oxmo Puccino, a former collaborator, wrote an Instagram post with the following message: “The pain is immense. I fell knocked out while standing. All of my thoughts are with you.”
Cassius, which consisted of Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francard, who is also known as Boom Bass, was formed in 1989 and became a key name in the Paris electronic music scene known as French Touch……..read more
Source: CNN
