Bereaved: Twitter users expressed their grief in the wake of the news including Scott Baio who wrote: 'I'm sadden to learn the sudden passing of my friend Deezer'
His last album was the 2008 release Delayed But Not Denied and the final film credit on his IMDb is as a pawnbroker in the 2017 movie Crowning Jules. The following year he began acting on ER, and alongside that role continued with films such as Romy And Michele's High School Reunion and The Big White Hype. However Deezer's career climbed, with roles in the hip hop mockumentary Fear Of A Black Hat and the Chris Rock comedy CB4 both in 1993. His first acting role was in Cool As Ice, the 1991 movie designed as a vehicle for rapper Vanilla Ice but that earned him a Razzie. As seen in 1997: Deezer D also became a motivational speaker and broke into a career in hip hop, including with Christian tracks he performed at religious events John Ritter died of a previously undiagnosed aortic dissection on September 11, 2003, only six days before he would have turned 55 himself.Īccording to Deezer D's IMDb page he married one Samantha Enson in 2004 and had a child with her, but they eventually got divorced. I am so grateful that my doctor found it in time.' Rise to fame: Between the years of 19 he racked up 190 episodes on ER, many of them acting opposite the show's breakout star George ClooneyĪ few days before the surgery he told Radar Online that he had experienced 'over 10 episodes of heart failure in the last eight months alone.'ĭeezer D stated: 'The problem with my aorta is the same thing that killed John Ritter. His death comes less than 12 years after he spent six hours in surgery to address a leaking heart valve and enlarged aorta.
He was discovered at his residence unresponsive Thursday and his family are of the opinion that he had a heart attack, his brother Marshawn told TMZ. His death comes less than 12 years after he spent six hours in surgery to address a leaking heart valve and enlarged aortaĮR actor Dearon Thompson, who often used the stage name Deezer D, has died at the age of only 55 in Los Angeles.Deezer D also became a motivational speaker and broke into a career in hip hop, including with Christian tracks he performed at religious events.Between the years of 19 he racked up 190 episodes on ER, many of them acting opposite the show's breakout star George Clooney.Deezer D is survived by a 'young son,' according to his friend and fellow actor Scott Baio who mourned him on Twitter this Thursday.The authorities have yet to formally release a cause of death for Deezer D, who shot to fame on ER as nurse Malik McGrath.He was discovered at his residence unresponsive Thursday and his family are of the opinion that he had a heart attack according to his brother Marshawn.