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Slide Show: New Yorker Cartoons August 21, 2023

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DJ Casper of the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ Dead at 58

[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

‘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