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Chicago house legend and DJ Ron Carroll dies aged 57Chicago house DJ, vocalist, and producer Ron Carroll has died at the age of 57.
Carroll’s passing was confirmed on Monday (22 September) by fellow DJ and close friend Deonte Pennington, who wrote in a Facebook post: “The news we just received while in this hotel room for my birthday just broke my heart. Was not expecting the call to be that.” No cause of death has been disclosed.
Nicknamed the ‘Minister of Sound’, Carroll was born in Chicago in 1968. He began singing in his church as a teenager before discovering the city’s burgeoning house scene and teaching himself to DJ. By the early ’90s, he had stepped into production, releasing his debut record My Prayer in 1993 with Hula, Kay Fingers and Ron Trent.
Carroll’s career reached a turning point in 1994 when Louie Vega asked him to write lyrics for Barbara Tucker’s I Get Lifted, a track that went on to become a house music classic. From then, Carroll’s voice and songwriting became fixtures on dancefloors worldwide.
Over the decades, he collaborated with a long list of artists, including Mike Dunn, Byron Stingily, CeCe Peniston, Hardsoul, David Guetta, Axwell, and French producer-DJ Bob Sinclar – with whom he collaborated with on tracks like Tribute and Love Generation. His music also appeared on key house labels such as Defected, Glitterbox, and his own Body Music Chicago imprint.
Beyond his studio work, Carroll remained deeply connected to his hometown community and the global house circuit. He had just performed at the Summer’s Last Dance festival in Chicago over the weekend and was scheduled to appear at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) next month.
Tributes from across the electronic music world have poured in following news of Ron’s passing. Fellow DJ and vocalist Mr. V remembers Carroll as “a unique voice in house music, a solid DJ behind the decks, funny enough to share laughs with, but most importantly he was as real as it gets.”
“Was looking forward to seeing him next month at ADE,” he says. “Unfortunately I can only have the moments and memories I had collected.”

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Chicago house DJ, vocalist, and producer Ron Carroll has died at the age of 57. His passing was confirmed by fellow DJ and close friend Deonte Pennington.

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