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Peter Rauhofer, Pioneering DJ and Producer, Dead at 48

Peter Rauhofer, Pioneering DJ and Producer, Dead at 48

Pioneering DJ, producer and remixer Peter Rauhofer died today after a long battle with brain cancer, according to a note from friend and manager Angelo Russo posted on Rauhofer's Facebook page. He was 48.

The New York-via-Austria DJ is best known for his dance remixes of songs by Madonna, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and even Yoko Ono. He also started the tribal house label Star 69. In 1999, under the name Club 69, he won the Grammy for Remixer of the Year for his reworking of Cher's "Believe."


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Reply #1 posted 05/07/13 6:53pm

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I have a LOT of his remixes. Surprising and very sad news.
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