Catherine Christer Hennix Dead at 75: How Did Musician Die?

Drone musician Catherine Christer Hennix has died at the age of 75, multiple media outlets confirmed.

On Friday, November 17, Blank Forms - an experimental music nonprofit that frequently distributed Hennix's music - announced her death in a statement on Instagram. It honored the Swedish polymath whose music changed the industry.

Catherine Christer Hennix Dead at 75

According to Blank Forms, Hennix died at her Istanbul, Turkey, home.

"Since the late 1960s, she has created a massive and innovative body of work spanning minimal music, computer programming, poetry, sculpture, and light art-pushing the technical and conceptual boundaries of these media toward singular ends," the statement continued.

The distributor also looked back at her early beginnings, including the time she was part of a New York music school and collaborated with icons like La Monte Young and Henry Flynt.

She took a hiatus after her 2003 run in producing sound works using computer and formed Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage in 2005.

Hennix shared her works via exhibitions and tours in the years prior to her death.

She reportedly converted to Islam before relocating to Istanbul where she spent the last days of her life.

It did not disclose her cause of death, but The New York Times said she died from complications of an undisclosed illness.

It was revealed she received treatments for cancer in the past, although it remains unknown whether it played a huge role in her passing.

Meanwhile Blank Forms' founder and artistic creator, Lawrence Kumpf, also paid tribute to the "uncompromising" artist who shared "some of the most profound musical experiences" that he ever had and "the culmination of her life's work."

Her family has yet to share more details about her memorial and funeral.

Fans also took to Twitter to share their heartbreak.

One said, "Sad to learn of the passing of Catherine Christer Hennix. Her music is a path to the Wholly Other. I hope she left this plane in peace. A truly inspirational trans elder, teacher, mystic, mathematician, & musician."

"Now Playing Catherine Christer Hennix ' The Electric Harpsichord ' First time listening, RIP Catherine," another wrote.

Catherine Christer Hennix Calls Music a 'Prayer'

Decades before her death, Hennix sat down for an interview with author Marcus Boon where she opened up about her music.

"You can't just do anything and also be a student of his music. You have to adjust so many things in order to be a meaningful student," Hennix continued. "All these adjustments meant that basically you went outside of society. So that's basically what we did. And society thought we'd said bye-bye to the whole thing. They didn't understand what we were trying to achieve."