  per yngve ohlin (16 january 1969 â 8 april 1991), better known by his stage name dead, was a swedish black/death metal vocalist and lyricist best known for his work with norwegian black metal band mayhem. he also performed as vocalist of the swedish death metal band morbid on their demo december moon. roadrunner records ranked him no. 48 out of 50 of the greatest metal front-men of all time. ==early life== per ohlin (sometimes called "pelle") was born in 1969 in stockholm, sweden. as a young child, he suffered from sleep apnea. at the age of ten, he suffered internal bleeding when his spleen ruptured, after what he alleged was an ice skating accident. in the swedish metal book blod eld dÃ¶d however ('blood fire death', named after swedish band bathory's fourth album blood fire death), his brother said in an exclusive interview that dead was bullied in school and one day the beatings got out of hand causing the ruptured spleen. he had to be rushed to a hospital, where he was for a time clinically dead. meanwhile, he developed his taste for hea
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