{"id":483244,"date":"2019-03-11T07:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=803020"},"modified":"2019-03-11T07:26:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:26:47","slug":"death-of-prodigys-keith-flint-ruled-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/death-of-prodigys-keith-flint-ruled-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of Prodigy\u2019s Keith Flint Ruled Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/keith-flint-cause-of-death.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-prodigy-keith-flint-dead-obituary-802606\/\">death<\/a> of Prodigy singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/keith-flint\/\" id=\"auto-tag_keith-flint\" data-tag=\"keith-flint\">Keith Flint<\/a> has been ruled a suicide as a result of hanging, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-essex-47523338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A coroner revealed the cause of death to an inquest in Essex, England Monday. A toxicology report is still in the works and a full hearing is scheduled to take place July 23rd. The coroner also confirmed an earlier police statement that Flint\u2019s death is not being considered suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Flint died March 4th at his home in Essex, England at the age of 49. While a cause of death was not immediately revealed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-prodigy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-prodigy\" data-tag=\"the-prodigy\">the Prodigy<\/a>\u2019s keyboardist and songwriter Liam Howlett wrote on the band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BulgJBZAw5L\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> that Flint \u201ctook his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Flint first joined the Prodigy as a dancer, but he soon became the lead singer as the group prepped their 1997 album <em>The Fat of the Land<\/em>, which produced the hits \u201cBreathe,\u201d \u201cFirestarter\u201d and \u201cSmack My Bitch Up.\u201d The record was a smash in the UK and the U.S., and Flint became the charismatic, unmistakable face of the Prodigy, even appearing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/prodigy-firestarter-keith-flint-1997-rolling-stone-cover-802615\/\">cover of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in August 1997.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Though guest vocalists largely replaced Flint on the Prodigy\u2019s next album, 2004\u2019s <em>Always Outnumbered,<\/em> <em>Never Outgunned<\/em>, he fronted five tracks on the band\u2019s 2009 release, <em>Invaders Must Die<\/em>. He took on additional songwriting duties for the Prodigy\u2019s 2015 release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/the-day-is-my-enemy-113554\/\"><em>The Day Is My Enemy<\/em><\/a>, and he sang three songs on the group\u2019s most recent album, 2018\u2019s <em>No Tourists<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/prodigy-keith-flint-cause-death-suicide-hanging-803020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of Prodigy singer Keith Flint has been ruled a suicide as a result of hanging, the BBC reports. A coroner revealed the cause of death to an inquest in Essex, England Monday. A toxicology report is still in the works and a full hearing is scheduled to take place July 23rd. 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