Overview
- The blaze broke out at their Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse home on Jan. 17, with a neighbor calling emergency services shortly after 8 a.m.
- By the time responders arrived, the building was engulfed, and a medical examiner later attributed both deaths to asphyxiation.
- Authorities are treating the fire as accidental, according to forensic findings reported by local media.
- Zimmerman's management confirmed the deaths in a post citing Belgian news reports.
- The American-born cult songwriter had a recent resurgence with 2024’s Dance of Love, produced and performed with Big Thief, following a 2023 reissue of Over Here.