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Chi Cheng

American rock musician

Died when: 42 years 272 days (512 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Chi Cheng

Chi Ling Dai Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013) was an American musician and poet, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American alternative metal band Deftones.

He joined the band in 1990, and stayed with them until his career ended in 2008, when he was involved in a serious automobile crash in Santa Clara, California.

After the crash, he remained in a semi-comatose state before dying of cardiac arrest in April 2013.After Cheng's hospitalization, a friend of the band, Sergio Vega, became the band's full-time bassist, having previously filled in for Cheng.


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