Peter Rauhofer Dies at 48

Source: facebook.com

Even if you don't know DJ Peter Rauhofer by name, you have him to thank for more than a few great nights on the dance floor. A native of Vienna, Austria, and formerly known as "Club 69" and "Size Queen," the names of the pop stars Rauhofer remixed are as ubiquitous as gay pop culture itself.

Pioneering DJ, producer and remixer Peter Rauhofer died yesterday after a long battle with brain cancer, according to a note from friend and manager Angelo Russo posted on Rauhofer's Facebook page.He was 48.

The New York-via-Austria DJ is best known for his dance remixes of songs byMadonna, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and even Yoko Ono. He also started the tribal house label Star 69. In 1999, under the name Club 69, he won the Grammy for Remixer of the Year for his reworking ofCher's "Believe."