| Heavy D  AKA Dwight Errington Myers
Born: 24-May-1967
Birthplace: Mandeville, Jamaica
Died: 8-Nov-2011
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA [1]
Cause of death: Respiratory failure [2]
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Rapper Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Heavy D & the Boyz Born in Jamaica, and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. Founder of the 1990s hip hop band Heavy D & the Boyz. He performed the theme songs for In Living Color and MADtv, and achieved a solo hit in 1991 with a cover of the The O'Jays Now That We Found Love. He also made an appearance in the film Tower Heist, released several days before he died.
[1] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
[2] Pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis.
Father: Clifford Vincent Myers
Mother: Eulahlee Lee
Heavy D. and the Boyz
Wedding: Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell (1993)
Jamaican Ancestry
Risk Factors: Obesity
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Tower Heist (2-Nov-2011) · Court House Guard
Step Up (11-Aug-2006)
Dallas 362 (14-Jun-2003)
Big Trouble (2-Apr-2002)
The Cider House Rules (7-Sep-1999)
Life (13-Apr-1999) · Jake
The Deli (7-Nov-1997)
B*A*P*S (28-Mar-1997) · Himself
Rhyme & Reason (5-Mar-1997) · Himself
New Jersey Drive (24-Mar-1995) · Bo-Kane
Who's the Man? (23-Apr-1993) · Himself
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