ESSEX, ENG. (THECOUNT) — Keith Flint, singer for The Prodigy, has been found dead at his home, according to reports coming out of London.
Flint, 49, was found unresponsive at his house in Essex, England, on Monday morning, PA reported.
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He sang on top 10 hits such as, “Firestarter,” “Breathe” and “Smack My Bitch Up,” which along with his signature reverse mohawk, made him one of the most recognizable figures on the British and American techno scenes.
“We were called to concerns for the welfare of a man at an address in Brook Hill, North End, just after 8.10am on Monday,” a spokesman for Essex Police said in a statement. “We attended and, sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed,” reported WGNTV on Monday.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”
The group had six number one albums in the UK and one in the United States. Its last album, “No Tourists,” was released in November.
This is a developing story.
Geo quick facts: Essex is a county in southeast England, between London and the North Sea. The town of Colchester has Roman ruins and the Norman-era Colchester Castle, with a museum. Colchester Zoo is home to orang-utans and white rhinos. Southwest, 18th-century Hylands House in Chelmsford is set amid vast parklands. To the north is the medieval market town of Saffron Walden, home to Jacobean estate Audley End House and Gardens – wikipedia.