Frankie Knuckles - house pioneer and DJ - dies aged 59

Producer and Chicago House pioneer Frankie Knuckles, born Frankie Warren Knuckles, Jr. Photograph: Wendell Teodoro/WireImage


Frankie Knuckles, the Chicago house legend, has died aged 59.


Knuckles died on Monday, revealed his longtime business partner, Frederick Dunson. According to the Chicago Tribune, more details would be confirmed today, with Dunson writing in an email that Knuckles "died unexpectedly this afternoon at home".

Most famous for tracks such as 1987's Your Love and 1991's The Whistle Song, he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2004, 25 August was declared Frankie Knuckles Day in Chicago with help from then-senator Barack Obama.
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