Moonbin, a member of the South Korean boy band Astro, died by suicide today at his residence in the Gangnam district of Seoul. He was 25.
30.03.2023 - 21:41 / variety.com
Thania Garcia Brian “Brizz” Gillis, one of the founders of the ’90s boy band LFO, died Wednesday, sources close to the singer confirmed to Variety. He was 47. LFO member Brad Fischetti was the first official source to comment on the death in an Instagram tribute post. “Every story is made up of chapters. Some develop naturally. Some you have to cut up in your mind. The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday. Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away. I don’t have details and it wouldn’t be my place to share them if I did. I am really struggling to process this tragic loss. I’ve said it before and I will continue to say it; the LFO Story is a tragedy. If you know what I’ve been doing, you know I’m trying to bring light into the darkness. Trying find redemption in pain and suffering. Trying to honor the legacy.”
A post shared by Brad Fischetti (@bradfischetti) He continues, “My relationship with Brian was complex. It contained moments of great tribulation but also of great joy. I learned a lot from him about the business of music and how to put together and rock a show. And it’s those positive aspects of our relationship that I will lean on now and forever.” Gillis, along with Fischetti and the late Rich Cronin, launched the group in Massachusetts in 1995 and rose to fame with their pop-rap single “Summer Girls,” which was often referred to as “The Abercrombie & Fitch” song because of the popularity of the lyric “I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch.” The song helped to catapult their 1999 album “LFO” — which also included hit single “Girl on TV” — to No. 21 on the Billboard 200. The trio went on tour in the years that followed, opening for Britney Spears while their debut continued to climb the
Moonbin, a member of the South Korean boy band Astro, died by suicide today at his residence in the Gangnam district of Seoul. He was 25.
Thania Garcia According to the Seoul Gangnam Police (via Yonhap News), K-pop singer Moonbin was found dead in his Seoul home by his manager on Wednesday. The 25-year-old was a part of the boy band Astro, a five-member group formed by Fantagio Music. The South Korean entertainment company confirmed the news in a social media post that was translated into English by the K-pop media company Koreaboo. “On April 19, Astro member Moonbin suddenly left us to become a star in the sky,” they wrote. “Although we cannot compare our sorrow to the grief that the bereaved families are feeling, losing a beloved son and brother, the Astro members, fellow Fantagio artists, company executives and employees are mourning the deceased in great sadness and shock.”
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LFO, a popular 90s music group known for the smash hit "Summer Girls," has lost one of its founding members. Brian "Brizz" Gillis died on Wednesday at the age of 47. His cause of death is currently unknown.
One of the founding members of ’90s band LFO, Brian “Brizz” Gillis, has passed away at age 47.
One of the founding members of LFO has died.
LFO, has died.The news was announced by his former bandmate Brad Fischetti yesterday (March 30) on social media. Gillis was 47 years old and the cause of death has not been confirmed.“The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday,” Fischetti wrote in an Instagram post. “Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away.
A post shared by Brad Fischetti (@bradfischetti)Fischetti continued by admitting that his and Gillis' relationship was «complex,» with «moments of great tribulation but also of great joy.»«I learned a lot from him about the business of music and how to put together and rock a show. And it's those positive aspects of our relationship that I will lean on now and forever,» he wrote.