DJ Casper Obituary, Creator Of The Popular ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ Dies At 58

 DJ Casper Obituary, Death – DJ Casper, the creator of the Cha Cha Slide, died at the age of 58. The songwriter revealed in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with kidney and liver cancer, and his wife Kim confirmed on Tuesday that he had died following a battle with the disease. Casper was one of Chicago’s most treasured residents. He created one of the most well-known line dances of all time. He never forgot where he came from, though.Casper admitted that he had no idea the “Cha Cha Slide” would become such a worldwide craze. “When I first started doing it, I did it as an aerobic exercise for my nephew at Bally’s,” Casper explained. “It just took off from there.”

Casper has traveled the world performing the popular line dance. THE LEGEND OF CHICAGO DJ Casper, the man behind the popular “Cha Cha Slide,” died on Monday. He was 58. Casper’s wife, Kim, informed ABC7, which broke the story first, that he died of cancer with loved ones by his side. In May, he told the newspaper that he was diagnosed with kidney and neuroendocrine carcinoma in 2016. “They went in to try to do surgery, but they found out the kidney was connected to the main artery, so they decided not to do it and just treat it.”

Casper, actual name Willie Perry Jr., explained that his original song, “The Cha-Cha Slide,” was written as an aerobic exercise for his nephew, who worked at Bally’s Total Fitness. “It just took off from there.” “WGCI’s Elroy Smith grabbed it,” he explained. His second single, “Casper Slide Pt. 2,” was picked up by Chicago’s WGCI-FM radio station and later Universal Records in 2020, and was released in 2000, lasting five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The line dance tune became an international success throughout the years, becoming a standard at school dances, sporting events, Quinceaneras, bar mitzvahs, weddings, and festivities all over the world.