Heavy D dead at 44

[beli]

http://mydeathspace.com/article/2011..._complications

Heavy D, the former leader of the hip-hop group Heavy D and the Boyz, has died at the age of 44. The rapper was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this afternoon and was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. PT. Police are investigating his death but there are no signs of foul play.

Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with Living Large, his first record with the Boyz, in 1987. He went on to even greater success with the hit "Now That We Found Love" in 1991, and recorded theme songs for the television series In Loving Color and MADtv. In recent years, D recorded a series of reggae fusion albums.




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[g r ee n ey e s]

44 is young.

[Ron_NYC]

I wish you a peaceful journey, my friend.

[HockeyGirl]

RIP Heavy.

Joe Frazier and now Heavy D....it always comes in 3's people.

[mydeathspace]

I just listened to "Now That We Found Love" for the first time.

[HockeyGirl]

WHAT?! How have you never heard that song?!
Didnt your ghetto family do picnics in the parks while bumpin Heavy D and a Lighter Shade of Brown?

...or was that just my family?

[beli]

*sigh*

[beli]

(3 members and 62 guests)

[brandi]

RIP Heavy.

Joe Frazier and now Heavy D....it always comes in 3's people.

Yep :(

[Ron_NYC]

I just listened to "Now That We Found Love" for the first time.

Where the hell did you people grow up!?!

WHAT?! How have you never heard that song?!
Didnt your ghetto family do picnics in the parks while bumpin Heavy D and a Lighter Shade of Brown?

...or was that just my family?

Just you.

[HockeyGirl]

Just you.

pfft. Me and every other non-white southern california family in the early 90's

[rachy]

[whackjob]

nuttin' but love is one of my favorite songs from this era.

[Ron_NYC]

nuttin' but love is one of my favorite songs from this era.

The "Got Me Waitin'" Remix was my shit.

[HockeyGirl]

I saw him perform not to long ago at the BET Awards. He finished off the show really good. He looked healthy and more "fit" than ive ever seen him in the past.
44 is way too young

[Ron_NYC]

He was performing at some MJ thing recently according to TMZ. He was always all clean cut, would be funny to hear he had a heroin habit or some shit.

[bowieluva]

I'm going out on a limb and guessing his death was related to the Heavy part of his name.

[Olivia]

In sad news this Tuesday, the hip-hop world loses a favorite with the death of Heavy D. Legend Grandmaster Flash tweeted the news, while a source confirmed to VIBE that D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, passed away in Los Angeles due to respiratory issues.


http://www.vibe.com/posts/breaking-heavy-d-dead-44

[HyperU2]

RIP Heavy.

Joe Frazier and now Heavy D....it always comes in 3's people.

Rooney.

[HockeyGirl]

Rooney.

dammit youre good

[mialynneb]

Rooney.

Ahhhhh yep.

[merdeath]

Rip :<

[ZoMyGoddess!]

Rooney.

i was gonna say, if Rooney doesnt count, dont count on Fat Joe because he lost a lot of weight.

and my friend had the best RIP Heavy D status:
"now Salt n Peppa are the only ones left up in the limousine"

awwwwwwwwwww.

[Ron_NYC]

Now I gotta hear on and on how bad it is to be fat, and how I need to lose weight. Thanks mom!

[ZoMyGoddess!]

did he officially die of some disease connected to his weight. i havent heard. everyone is gonna be shocked when it was a falling tree limb that took him out.