LONDON: Keith Flint , the singer and iconic front man of the British rave scene band The Prodigy, has died at the age of 49 the group released a statement confirming the news. “It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint. A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed”they said.Liam Howlett, who formed the group in 1990, confirmed his death was a suicide.“The news is true, I can’t believe I’m saying this but our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend,” he wrote on Instagram.The police said they were not treating the death as suspicious after finding the body on Monday in Essex northeast of London.“We attended and, sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.” The police said.With his punk aesthetic of piercings, spiked hair and intense stare, Flint became one of UK’s most iconic musical figures in the 1990s.He joined the Prodigy as a dancer, later becoming a front man alongside rapper Maxim.Aside from their 1992 debut, all of the group’s seven albums have reached No 1 in the UK, the most recent being No Tourists, released in November 2018.
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