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Lead Singer Electrocuted During Sound Check

Dec. 2, 2014
Agustin Briolini was lead singer of the band Krebs and received an electric shock from the microphone.

The lead singer of an Argentinian rock band was electrocuted on Sunday, November 23rd while doing a sound check at Teatro del Sol — a venue in Carlos Paz, Argentina. Agustin Briolini was lead singer of the band Krebs and received an electric shock from the microphone, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

The singer immediately received medical assistance, but when they couldn't revive him, he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Faulty wires in the microphone may be the cause of his death, the report said.

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