JD Twitch, one half of the Scottish DJ duo Optimo (Espacio), has died following a terminal cancer diagnosis earlier this year. He was 57.

Twitch, whose real name is Keith McIvor, died peacefully at the Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday, Sept. 19, his fellow DJ Jonnie Wilkes (JG Wilkes) wrote on Instagram .

“In a 28 year partnership he changed my life immeasurably and together we took our work in directions and to places few people are lucky enough to explore,” Wilkes wrote. “I am forever grateful for everything he bestowed on me, both as a partner in music and as a friend.”

McIvor’s death came after the esteemed DJ revealed that he was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor earlier this year.

“My symptoms weren’t immediately diagnosed, and my health declin

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