Coolio
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Coolio's cause of death revealed as accidental fentanyl overdose: medical examiner
Cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease), asthma and "recent phencyclidine use" are listed as other conditions contributing to the rapper's death.
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Coolio remembered by Michelle Pfeiffer, 'Weird Al' Yankovic and more: 'A life cut entirely too short'
"I was lucky enough to work with him on 'Dangerous Minds' in 1995," Michelle Pfeiffer wrote in her tribute. "He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack — which I think was the reason our film saw so much success."
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‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ at 25: Coolio talks ‘great white hope’ movie clichés, Weird Al feud, and performing with Michelle Pfeiffer, Stevie Wonder and Howard Stern
The dramatic, orchestral 'Dangerous Minds' theme remains a bona fide hip-hop classic, and it has held up better than the film itself.
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