The paramedics subsequently pronounced him dead at the scene.
He touched the world with the gift of his talent and will be missed profoundly.
hey have Coolio’s loved ones in your thoughts and prayers."
In his private life, Coolio left his kids and former wife Josefa Salinas behind.
They originally met back in 1987 and were together for close to ten years before tying the knot.
The couple shared four children; three daughters and a son.
Elsewhere, the dedicated civil rights activist and self-help author won the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
She also served as the Los Angeles Commissioner.
She is my manager.
She is my friend, [and] she’s my homegirl."
Pfeiffer even gave Coolio’s hit song credit for making her movie a success.
“Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist @coolio.
A life cut entirely too short,” she wrote onInstagram.
Pfeiffer added, “I remember him being nothing but gracious.
30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song.”
Good people," while Snoop Doggposted, “Gangstas paradise.
R. I. P.” with a shot of him and Coolio in their finery.
Coolio’s relatively young years have understandably given many famous faces pause.
As John Legend admitted toEntertainment Tonight, his death was especially devastating as a result.
Legend noted, “We are losing people at too young of an age.
Coolio made some great songs, it was a soundtrack of our lives.
He is gone too early and tragically, it’s so sad.”
