The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has ruled that Heavy D, the influential 44-year-old rapper who died on Nov. 8, was killed by a pulmonary embolism, according to multiple news reports…Pulmonary embolism is another term for a blockage in the arteries of the lungs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Huffington Post, 12/28/11
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