Died of old age at 26. DJ for South African band Die Antwoord. From the South African Mail & Guardian:
Die Antwoord collaborator Leon Botha dies, age 26
South African artist and DJ Leon Botha died on June 5 2011, a day after his 26th birthday.
Botha was born with progeria, a rare degenerative genetic disorder that accelerates the aging process.
He was the oldest documented person living with the disease, which usually has a life expectancy in the teens.
Botha was thrown into the spotlight as the DJ who opened for Die Antwoord during their concerts, going on to feature in one of the music videos that shot them to international stardom, Enter the Ninja.
Tributes poured in for Botha on his Facebook page, hailing his optimism and describing him as an "inspiration, with a zest for life".
In 2009, Botha collaborated with Gordon Clark on a photo series called Who Am I? Transgression, depicting him in theatrical projections of how society might see him.
Who Am I? Transgressions is an embedded slide show at the newspaper so I cannot embed it here -- well worth visiting. Amazing photographs and some images remind me of medieval paintings -- Bruegel and Bosch.
