Frank Farian, the German record producer and singer-songwriter who foundedMilli Vanilliand the disco-pop groupBoney M., has died.

His family released astatementconfirming he died peacefully at his home in Miami.

Farian also worked with Meat Loaf and Stevie Wonder.

Frank Farian dead

Producer Frank Farian (center) with Milli Vanilli in 1988.Getty Images

In 2022, Farian told a German newspaper that he underwent life-saving heart valve replacement surgery.

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