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Shifty Shellshock's cause of death announced as 90s music legend found dead aged just 49


Crazy Town fame died from an overdose, as confirmed by the band's manager Howie Hubberman. The Butterfly singer, whose real name was Seth Binzer, died on 24 June aged just 49 and his death was confirmed by the Los Angeles medical examiner.

The Butterfly singer, whose real name was Seth Binzer, died on 24 June aged just 49 and his death was confirmed by the Los Angeles medical examiner. Shifty's Instagram page was full of motivational postsShifty formed Crazy Town with Bret Mazur in 1999, and they shot to fame when their single Butterfly soared to the top of the US charts the following year. The song, which samples the Red Hot Chili Peppers' track Pretty Little Ditty, became a defining anthem of the early noughties and reached No 3 in the UK in April 2001.

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