The man who died after being doored while riding an e-bike and then run over by a passing truck in downtown Manhattan was a popular and influential synthwave artist known as “Starcadian,” mourning fans and friends said Saturday.
Electronic producer and musician George Smaragdis, 44, was biking westbound on Broome St. in Soho when he slammed into the door of a Mercedes van that its driver had just opened near Centre St. around 10:10 a.m. on Thursday. The collision sent the cyclist tumbling into the path of a red delivery box truck, and he was crushed when the driver ran him over.
Smaragdis suffered severe head trauma and died at Bellevue Hospital , police said…