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Birth name | Chi Ling Dai Cheng |
Born | Stockton, California, U.S. | July 15, 1970
Died | April 13, 2013 French Camp, California, U.S. | (aged 42)
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Years active | 1988–2008 |
Formerly of | Deftones |
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Chi Ling Dai Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013) was an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the alternative metal band Deftones.[2] He joined the band in 1990, and stayed with them until his career ended in 2008, when he was involved in a serious automobile crash in Santa Clara, California, while not wearing a seat belt.[3] After the crash, he remained in a semi-comatose state before dying of cardiac arrest in April 2013. After Cheng's hospitalization, a friend of the band, Sergio Vega, became the band's full-time bassist until 2021, having previously filled in for Cheng.[4]