Heavy D passed away at the age of 44

It saddens us to report that rap legend Heavy D passed away earlier today at the age of 44. According to TMZ, a 911 call was placed from a home in Beverley Hills stating there was an unconscious man in a walkway. When the paramedics arrived, Heavy D was reportedly responsive to medical workers while being transported to a nearby hospital. An hour later, doctors pronounced him dead. Cops are investigating the death but see no signs of foul play.
*Update* TMZ has spoken with law enforcement who gave them a more detailed account of Heavy D’s last moments:

Heavy D had just returned from shopping and walked up some stairs when he began having trouble breathing.  Adam Mills, a designer who was in the building and knew Heavy D, found him leaning against a railing and clearly in distress.  Adam tells us he cradled Heavy D in his lap as others called 911.  Adam says Heavy D was conscious and said to him, “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.”  When paramedics took Heavy D to the hospital he had a pulse.  People in the building are saying he died of a heart attack, but we have not been able to confirm that.  Law enforcement sources tell us … no foul play was involved and so far they only know the cause of death was “medical.”

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