The Prodigy frontman dies at age 49

Keith Flint, the vocalist with The Prodigy, has died at the age of 49. The fiery frontman started out as a dancer with the group before his singing duties on 1996’s hit record Fat of the land thrust him to worldwide fame.

Reports say the singer was found dead at his home in Essex on Monday, and his death is not being treated as suspicious.

An Essex police spokesperson told The Sun: “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.

“We attended and, sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.

At the height of their fame, The Prodigy was one of the UK’s most popular bands, but Keith admitted that his indulgence in a decade of drink and drug abuse coupled with depression put the group in jeopardy.

“I got heavily into booze and drugs and flooded myself with that, like a sponge. And then I reeled it in,” he told WENN in 2009.

More recently he had success as a motorcycle racing team owner and manager with his Team Traction Control winning three Isle of Man TT races in 2015.

(Compiled by Warren Robertson)

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