Avicii's father on goal of Tim Bergling Foundation Swedish DJ Tim Bergling, or Avicii, revolutionized electronic dance music and collaborated with many of the world's top artists. In April 2018, Bergling died by suicide while on vacation in Oman. He was 28. After his death, his parents started the Tim Bergling Foundation to advocate for the recognition of suicide as a global health emergency and to remove the stigma of mental illness. Father Klas Bergling spoke with "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason in his first U.S. broadcast interview.