Former ER star Dearon Thompson has been found dead at his home in LA. His family say they believe 55-year-old may have suffered a massive heart attack as he had a history of heart problems.
Thompson was best known for playing nurse Malik McGrath alongside George Clooney and The Good Wife’s, Julianna Margulies in almost 200 episodes of the medical drama.
The actor, who was ‘found unresponsive at home’ in Los Angeles on Thursday also had a career in the music business as rapper Deezer D.
US showbiz website TMZ reports his brother Marshawn said his family believe he suffered a heart attack. Dearon had a history of serious heart problems and had gone through major heart surgery to replace his aorta and fix a leaky heart valve in 2009.
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