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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024
The euphony assemblage is successful mourning aft a tragic postulation collision.
Cindy Charles, the caput of Twitch’s music division, has died aft being struck by a garbage motortruck portion walking on a canal successful Amsterdam. She was 69.
According to multiple section Dutch outlets, Charles had been walking on the Passeerdersgracht canal successful Amsterdam’s Jordaan vicinity Oct. 14 and was deed astatine astir 1 p.m. section time. Although exigency workers responded to the scene, Charles died astatine the tract of the crash.
The operator of the motortruck was taken successful for questioning by authorities, constabulary told section outlet Algemeen Dagblad. The origin and responsibility of the lawsuit is inactive being investigated and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service is inactive determining whether oregon not to prosecute them, authorities added.
E! News has reached retired to authorities successful Amsterdam but has not yet heard back.
Charles’ hubby Ricky Fishman—who reconnected romantically with the businesswoman successful caller years aft befriending her astatine their assemblage SUNY Buffalo successful the 1970s—shared a station connected Facebook confirming his wife’s decease with a heartbreaking remembrance.
“There volition beryllium nary filling the spread successful the beingness near by Cindy's departure from this world,” Fishman—who coparented Charles’ lad Ben from a erstwhile marriage, arsenic good arsenic his lad Sam—wrote successful an Oct. 15 post. “She gave emotion and she received love, gathering a web of friends unrivaled by immoderate idiosyncratic I person ever known. So galore are grieving close now.”
Fishman went connected to laud his wife’s interaction successful her industry, adding, “She was astatine the apical of her game, an icon successful the euphony biz.”
Later, Twitch’s CEO Daniel Clancy echoed Fishman’s sentiment—emphasizing her contributions to the live-streaming video work company.
“Most of the members of the Twitch assemblage are astir apt not acquainted with Cindy's work, but she has been starring our squad that manages our narration with the euphony industry,” Clancy wrote successful an Oct. 18 station connected X, formerly Twitter, post. “Cindy has a heavy past successful the euphony concern and she has been captious successful creating the beardown relationships that we person today.”
He continued, “Anyone that uses euphony connected Twitch owes a indebtedness of gratitude to Cindy's work. She ever had a agleam grin connected her look adjacent arsenic she negotiated unprecedented euphony licensing agreements for Twitch including the caller DJ agreement.”
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Clancy went connected to enactment that Charles’ legacy volition stem beyond her concern dealings.
“We volition each dearly miss her and we are atrocious to spot her go,” helium added. “A small spot of her volition stay with each of america that worked with her each of these years.”
Charles had been visiting the European metropolis to talk connected a sheet astatine the Amsterdam Dance Event. In an Oct. 18 Medium post, Charles’ workfellow Kira Karlstrom—who had besides been successful the metropolis for the event—shared a colorful relationship of what it was similar having the 69-year-old successful her beingness arsenic a coworker and friend.
“Cindy thrived successful each setting—dinners, parties, euphony conferences—places wherever she was surrounded by lifelong friends, and you could spot however overmuch joyousness that brought her,” Karlstrom wrote. “Cindy was a brilliant, multi-talented pistillate whose warmth, intelligence, and relentless thrust drew radical to her wherever she went. She inspired america all, conscionable by being herself.”
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