Florian Schneider-Esleben (7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020) was a German electronic singer and musician.
He was best known as one of the founding members of the electronic band Kraftwerk. He was born in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
David Bowie named a song after Schneider in 1977. Schneider retired in 2008, but then came back in 2014 then officially retiring a year later.
Schneider died from cancer on 21 April 2020 in Düsseldorf at the age of 73.
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