Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago-born hitmaker DJ Casper, who created the "Cha Cha Slide," has died after a seven-year battle with cancer. (Justin Goff / ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Willie Perry Jr., the Chicago musician known as DJ Casper who created the popular Cha Cha Slide line dance and wrote the hit song ...

DJ Casper, best known for creating the wildly popular dance hit “Cha Cha Slide,” has died. He was 58. According to Chicago’s ABC7, Casper’s wife, Kim, said that the musician died on Monday after a ...

Songwriter William Perry Jr., a.k.a DJ Casper (the man behind the iconic “Cha-Cha Slide”) has died. That’s according to Chicago’s ABC7, which reported late on Monday that Casper had died following a ...

DJ Casper, the creator of the "Cha Cha Slide," died on Aug. 7 at the age of 58, his wife Kim confirmed to Chicago's ABC7. Casper's passing comes after a yearslong battle with cancer. "They diagnosed ...

DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit “Cha Cha Slide” and its ubiquitous line dance, has died at 58. Casper, whose birth name was Willie Perry Jr., died Monday after a seven-year battle with ...

The man who had wedding guests and clubgoers dancing together doing the “Cha Cha Slide” has died. DJ Casper was 58 years old. Casper’s wife confirmed that the entertainer died after losing his battle ...

DJ Casper, aka Mr. C The Slide Man, the Chicago DJ and songwriter best known for his line dance smash "Cha-Cha Slide," has died. According to ABC7, Casper died of liver and kidney cancer after first ...

Chicago-born hitmaker DJ Casper, who created the "Cha Cha Slide," has died after a seven-year battle with cancer. (Justin Goff / Getty Images) DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit "Cha Cha Slide ...

DJ Casper, creator of the 2000 novelty hit "Cha Cha Slide" and its ubiquitous line dance, has died at 58. Casper, whose birth name was Willie Perry Jr., died Monday after a seven-year battle with ...

DJ Casper, the man behind the hit song “Cha Cha Slide” — a mainstay at weddings, proms and bar room dance floors throughout the early 2000s — has died at 58. Casper’s wife, Kim, told ABC7 News on ...