ER star Dearon Thompson has died at the age of 55 after a suspected heart attack. The actor - also known as rapper Deezer D - played nurse Malik McGrath alongside George Clooney in almost 200 episodes of the medical drama.
TMZ reports he was "found unresponsive at home" in Los Angeles on Thursday morning. Despite there not being an official cause of death, his brother Marshawn has claimed his family believe it was a heart attack.
The 55-year-old had a history of heart problems and had gone through major heart surgery to replace his aorta and fix a leaky heart valve in 2009.
Talking about his heart surgery in 2009, he told RadarOnline: "I have a heart valve that is leaking and the aorta had expanded to way beyond what it is supposed to be..
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