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Highlights

• Lucian Piane, a composer, music producer and guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, died on Monday, October 12, aged 46
• TMZ, citing law enforcement sources, reports he was hit by a car in Glendale, California, early that morning and pronounced dead at the scene
• A formal cause of death had not been released at the time of writing
• Piane composed Drag Race's Rusicals, worked on RuPaul albums and went viral in 2009 with the "Bale Out" remix

What has been reported

TMZ, which broke the news, reports that Piane was hit by a car in Glendale early on Monday. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's records list his date of death as October 12, and the place of death as the street. Citing law enforcement sources, TMZ says he had no ID on him, only a citation, and was identified afterwards. The Glendale Fire Department told the outlet that crews worked on him and, after some time, pronounced him dead at the scene.

According to reports, a formal cause of death has not been released and the circumstances are still being reported. TMZ also reports that Glendale police took him into custody on Saturday on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance and again on Sunday over an alleged assault on an officer or emergency worker. He was cited both times, and had a court date on the day he died. Fans had recently voiced concern over videos he posted to Instagram that appeared to show him spending time on the street.