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SOPHIE, Electronic Music's Transgressive Pop Star, Dead At 34

The visionary producer and singer whose music melded house, techno, trance, pop and the avant-garde died after an accident in Athens.
SOPHIE, seen here performing in London in March 2018, died Saturday morning after an accident.

SOPHIE, the audacious producer who helped usher in a new era of pop-infused electronic music, died Saturday morning in Athens after an accident.

SOPHIE's publicist, Ludovica Ludinatrice, confirmed the news in a statement.

"It is with profound sadness that I have to inform you that musician and producer SOPHIE

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