Paul Johnson, DJ and house producer, dies at 50 of covid-19 complications

Paul Johnson, a DJ, producer and house music alchemist who mixed pounding bass beats, hypnotic rhythms and looping melodies to create intoxicating dance music, recording international hits like the 1999 song “Get Get Down,” died Aug. 4 at a hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb. He was 50.