‘Cha Cha Slide’ creator DJ Casper dead at 58
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nypost.comABC7 News on Monday evening that the singer has battled kidney and liver cancer since 2016, and succumbed to the disease on the morning of Aug.
7.The star from Chicago, born Willie Perry Jr, created the “Cha Cha Slide” — originally dubbed “Casper Slide Pt.1” — in 1998 for his nephew, a personal trainer who intended to use the line dance song in his fitness class.
The tune quickly spread throughout Chicago and, in 2000, he released a new version of the song, called “Casper Slide Pt.2,” under his stage name Mr.
C the Slide Man. The song gained international success, even topping the U.K. Singles Chart in 2004.DJ Casper sat down with ABC7 for his final television interview this May.
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