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How Avicii Died, Date of Death, Age of Death, Birthday, and More!

Avicii reached the too young age of 28 years. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous dj.

Biography - A Short Wiki

Grammy award-nominated Swedish DJ and remixer who became known for international hits such as “Levels,” “Hey Brother,” and “Wake Me Up.” His debut album True peaked within the top ten in more than 15 countries. He worked with notable artists such as Madonna and Chris Martin during his career.

He was born Tim Bergling; he grew up with siblings Anton, Linda and David in Stockholm, Sweden. He suffered with numerous health issues, including acute pancreatitis and depression, and retired from performing in 2016. He later committed suicide in April 2018.

How did Avicii die?

Avicii's death was caused by Suicide.

Information about the death of Avicii
Cause of deathSuicide
Age of death28 years
ProfessionDj
BirthdaySeptember 8, 1989
Death dateApril 20, 2018
Place of deathMuscat, Oman
Place of burialSkogskyrkogården, Stockholm

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A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell, and it just sort of got stuck in my head. Later on when I went to setup a MySpace, I tried a bunch of names and they were all taken so I just kind of ended up with Avicii and then I got really attached to it.

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There’s always so much music around me now, it seems like everything has to be something with music, so in my spare time I try not to listen to anything. It’s so hard for me to listen to something without trying to see a benefit in it: ‘Maybe I’ll make my own version of that track or maybe I’ll do this or that.’

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It’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.

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I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it’s like, it’s a different kind of performing, it’s not really… You’re not performing like a guitar player or a singer is performing, you know what I mean? So it’s weird to be in the same type setup as one of those. ‘Cause I’m not really doing much, you know, like technically it’s not that hard.

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Originality is definitely missing from EDM. There are people looking for it and exploring but I feel it’s so big now it is just getting milked. House music is losing all its melody as it becomes more about how dirty the drop is and how energetic it is. It loses touch with what music really is.

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