In more sad news, it appears influential synthwave artist Starcadian died tragically

I say it appears because official verification has been slowing coming since he was apparently guarded about his true identity.

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Police have identified the man who died after being doored while riding an e-bike and then run over by a passing truck when he tumbled into the street in downtown Manhattan.

On Friday, police said the victim was Georgios Smaragdis, 44, of Clinton Hill in Brooklyn.

Smaragdis was zipping along going west on Broome St. in Soho when he slammed into the door of a Mercedes van that its driver had just flung open near Centre St. around 10:10 a.m. on Thursday. The collision sent the cyclist veering into the path of a red delivery box truck, and he was crushed when the driver ran him over.

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Medics rushed Smaragdis, who suffered severe head trauma, to Bellevue Hospital where he later died.

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Starcadian was a supremely talent artist--one of the heavies of the new synthwave movement. His alter ego worked a day job as a visual f/x artist. He not only starred in but also directed and did the visual f/x for his own music videos.

My favorite song of his and favorite song in general, synthwave or otherwise, of probably the last decade: