Coolio dead at 59: Gangsta's Paradise rapper passes away after friend found him laying on bathroom floor in Los Angeles

Daily Mail ^ | September 28, 2022 | Sonia Horon

[SamAdams76]

Rapper Coolio has passed away on Wednesday at the age of 59.

The musician - famous for his 'Gangsta's Paradise' song on the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film, Dangerous Minds - was visiting a friend on Wednesday afternoon when he was found dead according to TMZ.

The star's manager, Jarez, shared that Coolio was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor, with the paramedics suspecting he suffered cardiac arrest.

The publication reported that the EMTs pronounced Coolio dead on the scene. An official cause of death has not been determined.

[TigersEye]

I'm more familiar with Paul Shanklin's parody ...

Al Gore Paradise

[nascarnation]

I remember when Limbaugh used to play that stuff.
Man I miss his show...

[gundog]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rX5hindBRU

[tflabo]

I just got off the terlet and still alive. There goes my ‘greatness’.

[al baby]

I ran into him a lot in the early 90s we both lived in Westchester he was funny as hell always pretty decent

[TigersEye]

Yep, he was the best. Produced a lot of good stuff.

[Bullish]

Fentanyl?

[CheshireTheCat]

The bathroom floor is a common place where many people die when they die at home.

My father died there, and he didn’t take drugs or have a drinking problem.

People who have health problems and are near their end lie around in bed or in a recliner and get up to go to the bathroom. Their heart was giving out and gives out when they do something normal—get up to go to the bathroom— that they did thousands of times without a problem. Any exertion at that particular moment of time is akin to running a marathon in -10 degree weather.

[R_Kangel]

..... Thanx for posting ...... Rush and Shanklin ... Always kept me smiling. So sad that that era passed with Rush ... I had hopes the humor and parodies would continue after he left us ... Sadly .... Not.

.... Miss u Rush .....

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[gundog]

There will be other chances. Pro tip: the more time you spend in there, the better your odds.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Much better was AlGore Paradise.

Sure miss Shanklin and the Klintoon days.

[Old Student]

I only knew him from the Gangsta’s Paradise song, itself, but the guy grew up not too far from where I grew up, and not too many years later. I’m an old white guy these days and not generally a lover of Rap, but that song is on my phone and listened to several times a month.

OK, it’s weird, I know, but I also like Amish Paradise!

Rest in Peace, man!

[dfwgator]

He’s was the VP candidate on porn star Cherie DeVille’s 2020 bid for the Dem nomination.

Well he was more qualified than Commie-La.

[SamAdams76]

Coolio? Or Weird Al?

[twister881]

All the great ones die in the terlet.

Elvis' last words: "Corn?"

[catnipman]

59 is kinda old for a rapper ...

[Antihero101607]

Agreed.

RIP

[reg45]

I hate to see anyone die, but I am not surprised.

[TigersEye]

It might be hard to recognize when someone “like” Rush comes along again because the thing that made Rush great is that he wasn’t like anyone else.

Just a thought. Glad you liked the post.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Go hit Taco Bell, you’ll have plenty of other opportunities.