Rapper Heavy D Dead At 44
Nov. 8 2011, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, died on Tuesday afternoon RadarOnline.com has learned.
The hip-hop legend, who is best known for his band Heavy D & the Boyz’s hit song Now That We Found Love, was pronounced dead at a Los Angeles hospital shortly after his arrival.
Ironically, on Monday afternoon the musician paid homage to Smokin Joe Frazier on his Twitter.
“SMOKIN JOE FRAZIER..RIP..,” he tweeted. “Truly one of the best heavyweight champs that ever lived.. GODS SPEED,MR FRAZIER!”
Hours later, he tweeted “BE INSPIRED.”
According to a report, a 911 call was placed from the rapper’s Beverly Hills home after he was found unconscious, but by the time the paramedics arrived he had regained consciousness.
He was brought to a nearby hospital where he later died.
RELATED STORIES:
GWAR Guitarist Cory Smoot Found Dead; Discovered By Bandmates
- Tragic One Direction Singer Liam Payne Dead Aged 31 After Horror Hotel Balcony Plunge: Celeb Tributes Pour In as Images Emerge of Smashed Up Hotel Room Strewn With White Powder and 'Drugs Foil'
- Family of Menendez Brothers Beg for Convicted Killers' Freedom in Press Conference Three Decades After Brutal Murders: 'They Were Failed By Their Parents!'
- BREAKING: Jailed 'Sex Beast' Sean 'Diddy' Combs Hit With Another Wave of Horrific Lawsuits — Rapper Accused of Drugging, Raping, Sodomizing and Threatening to Murder Multiple New Victims
DAILY. BREAKING. CELEBRITY NEWS. ALL FREE.
Coroner: Amy Winehouse Drank Herself To Death