Dwight Myers, the charismatic and rotund rapper known as Heavy D who had chart-topping hits in the 1980s and 1990s before embarking on careers as an actor and influential record executive,died Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 44.
The Associated Pressreported that he collapsed outside his home in Beverly Hills and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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