[ad_1] Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images In deeply un-funky news, DJ Casper, creator of the “Cha Cha Slide,” is dead at the age of 58. His wife, Kim, told Chicago’s ABC News 7 that the DJ and hype man died on August 7 of cancer, after being diagnosed with kidney and neuroendocrine cancer in 2016. The… Continue reading DJ Casper of the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ Dead at 58
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‘Cha Cha Slide’ creator DJ Casper dies at 58
[ad_1] DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit “Cha Cha Slide” and its ubiquitous line dance, has died at 58. Casper, whose birth name was Willie Perry Jr., died Monday after a seven-year battle with cancer, his wife Kim confirmed to WLS-TV in Chicago, which was first to report on the musician’s death. The… Continue reading ‘Cha Cha Slide’ creator DJ Casper dies at 58