Dearon Deezer D Thompson, ER star and rapper, dies at 55
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Dearon Deezer D Thompson (R) greets Cardinal fan Jon Kempker on the field, prior to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets in 1999. He died Thursday at age 55. File Photoby wy/bg/Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 8 (UPI) Former
ER star Dearon Deezer D Thompson has died.
On Thursday, the actor and rapper was found unresponsive at his home in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. Thompson was 55.
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Thompson s brother, Marshawn, said the actor died of a suspected heart attack. Officials have yet to determine an official cause of death.
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Deezer D, ‘ER’ Actor and Rapper, Dies at 55
He played Nurse Malik McGrath throughout NBC medical drama’s 15-season runJennifer Maas | January 8, 2021 @ 8:44 AM Last Updated: January 9, 2021 @ 9:47 AM
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Deezer D, who played Nurse Malik McGrath on “E.R.” for the NBC medical drama’s entire 15-season run, died Thursday, according to TMZ. He was 55.
The actor and rapper, whose real name is Dearon Thompson, was found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home, his brother Marshawn told TMZ. No cause of death has been released for Thompson, but his brother tells TMZ he believes Thompson who had a six-hour heart surgery in 2009 to replace his aorta and repair a leaky heart valve died of a heart attack.
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Actor Dearon Deezer D Thompson, who played nurse Malik McGrath in 190 episodes of US hospital drama ER, has died at the age of 55.
Thompson, who was in ER from 1994 to 2009, had major heart surgery in 2009.
He also appeared in 1997 film Romy and Michele s High School Reunion alongside Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino.
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Other roles included parts in the films CB4, a comedy starring Chris Rock, and Fear of a Black Hat, a mockumentary about a hip-hop group, both in 1993.
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