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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Frances Kindon

Avicii's haunting final hours - chilling family phone call and fight to save him

The music world was rocked to its core when DJ Avicii was found dead aged just 28.

Born in Sweden, the star - whose real name was Tim Bergling - had been holidaying in the beach resort of Muscat Hills, Oman, when he took his own life in 2018 after years of mental health issues.

The star - who would have turned 33 today - was overwhelmed by the pressures of fame. And after doing 813 shows in eight years, the exhausted DJ told his team: "I have said, like, I'm going to die. I have said it so many times. And so I don't want to hear that I should entertain the thought of doing another gig."

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