Per Ohlin

musician, singer, lyricist, metal, suicide

Real/Birth Name:

Per Yngve Ohlin

Also Known As:

Per "Dead" Ohlin

Nickname(s):

Dead
Pelle

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

January 16, 1969

Death Date:

April 8, 1991

Age at Death:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn ♑ - the Sea-Goat - people born December 23 through January 20

Birth Place:

Västerhaninge, Stockholm County, Sweden

Brief Facts:

Lead vocals, black metal band Mayhem. Often cut himself at live performances. Suicide, slit his wrists and throat with a knife and then shot himself in the forehead with a shotgun. He left a brief suicide note apologizing for firing a gun indoors. The first sentence written on the note was: "Excuse the blood." A bandmate made necklaces with bits of his skull.