'Cha Cha Slide' creator DJ Casper dead at 58
foxnews.comDJ Casper has died at the age of 58, Fox News Digital can confirm. Willie Perry Jr., known as DJ Casper, passed away Monday evening, according to the musician's relative Quita D.
Perry. "Casper was a fun-loving, giving person," the DJ's wife said in a statement to ABC7. "He was a genuine, family oriented man.
He loved Chicago with all his heart. He will be greatly missed." DJ Casper was most known for the hugely popular line dance, the "Cha Cha Slide." The song was originally created by the musician as an aerobic exercise. "When I first did it, I did it as an aerobic exercise for my nephew at Bally's," Casper once told ABC7. "From there, it just took off.
Elroy Smith from WGCI grabbed ahold of it." The song was originally titled "Casper Slide Pt. 1" and later evolved into "Casper Slide Pt.
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