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Paris Olympics DJ, 50, Found Dead in His Home
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French DJ Kavinsky, 50, was found dead in his Paris home on Tuesday evening.
The electropop musician’s real name was Vincent Belorgey.
Kavinsky played the finale song of the 2024 Olympic Games, which became the most Shazamed song in a single day, setting a record for the music identifying app.
He opened for the iconic French electronic music duo Daft Punk in the early 2000s.
President of France Emmanuel Macron honored the DJ in a Facebook post, saying that Kavinsky was “a source of French pride forever.”