# Coolio Dead at 59, of cardiac arrest \[Sept 28 2022\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [September 29, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolio-dead-at-59-of-cardiac-arrest-sept-28-2022/972424 "2022-09-29T01:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolio-dead-at-59-of-cardiac-arrest-sept-28-2022/972424/21 "2023-04-07T18:26:35Z")
“Gangsta’s Paradise” may be his greatest contribution to hip-hop music, but I still think “Fantastic Voyage” is a better song. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolio-dead-at-59-of-cardiac-arrest-sept-28-2022/972424/22 "2023-04-07T21:37:02Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I’ve joked that one of the ways I knew I was getting old was that rock stars were dying of natural causes. Now I know that I’m getting really old because rappers are. Update: you aren’t old yet! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolio-dead-at-59-of-cardiac-arrest-sept-28-2022/972424/23 "2023-04-07T21:52:43Z")
It depends how you define “natural” causes. It seems taking fentanyl, heroin and meth would naturally kill you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolio-dead-at-59-of-cardiac-arrest-sept-28-2022/972424.md?page=1)