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Heavy D, 1967-2011

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Personal name headingHeavy D, 1967-2011
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Variant(s)D, Heavy, 1967-2011
Myers, Dwight, 1967-2011
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.)
Birth date1967-05-24
Death date2011-11-08
Place of birthMandeville (Jamaica)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Profession or occupationRap musicians Actors Sound recording executives and producers Singers
Found inPeople, c1995: container (Heavy D)
Jet, 2/5/96: p. 40 (Heavy D, 28; entertainer, actor)
The Guinness enc. of pop. music, 2nd ed. (Heavy D, b. Dwight Myers, 5/24/1967; rap star)
New York times WWW site, Nov. 9, 2011 (in obituary published Nov. 8: Heavy D; b. Dwight Errington Myers, May 24, 1967, Mandeville, Jamaica; grew up largely in Mount Vernon, N.Y.; d. Tuesday [Nov. 8, 2011], Los Angeles, aged 44; smooth-talking and cheerful rapper who billed himself as "the overweight lover M.C.")
Wikipedia, October 15, 2019 (Heavy D; born Dwight Arrington Myers, May 24, 1967, Mandeville, Jamaica, died November 8, 2011, Los Angeles, California; Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer, actor; raised in Mount Vernon, New York)
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