On the eve it became known that the lead singer of The Prodigy Keith flint has committed suicide.

Known 49-year-old singer Keith flint was found dead last night at his home in the County of Essex. According to Western media reports, the musician had committed suicide, but about the reason of such step became known only today. British newspaper the Sun claims that the flint fell into a severe depression after a divorce with his wife. Journalists report that the perpetrator was able to return to drug and alcohol addiction, which had fought for many years.

Keith and the Japanese model Mayumi Kai got married in 2006, and the divorce took place last spring. The message of the death of ex-husband caught Mayumi in Japan, her reaction to the incident is still unknown.

Flint was only a month ago returned from a tour of Australia and the state of the singer did not cause fear among his colleagues – they even claim that the whale some time ago, started running and hired a personal trainer. Shortly before his death, the musician had participated in a five-kilometer marathon and set a personal record.