Keith Flint, lead singer of influential British dance-electronic band The Prodigy, was found dead Monday at his home near London, the band said. He was 49.

Prodigy co-founder Liam Howlett said in an Instagram post that Flint killed himself over the weekend.

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Police confirmed that the body of a 49-year-old man had been found at a home in Brook Hill, northeast of London. They said the death was being treated as non-suspicious and a file would be sent to the coroner B次元官网网址� standard practice in cases of violent or unexplained deaths.

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Flint was renowned for his manic stage energy and distinctive look: black eyeliner and hair spiked into two horns.

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Born Keith Charles Flint on Sept. 17, 1969 in east London, he moved to east of the city to Braintree, Essex as a child, where he met Howlett at a nightclub.

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Jill Lawless contributed to this report.

Danica Kirka, The Associated Press

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