Heavy D, the rapper Dwight Arrington Myers, died on November 8, 2011 in Los Angeles at age 44. The official cause of death was a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung) likely brought on by deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Contributing factors cited in initial reports included heart disease and recent long-distance travel, which can increase the risk of DVT. The coroner determined the death to be natural in classification, with no drugs or alcohol involved. He had returned from a trip to London and had collapsed outside his Beverly Hills home before being taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he passed away.