AceShowbiz - On September 28, firefighters and paramedics were called to the 2900 block of South Chesapeake Ave. after receiving reports about Coolio being unresponsive. They later performed CPR to save his life for 45 minutes but he was then declared dead.

While details about the 59-year-old star's cause of death were not made available to the public, his manager said that the rapper/actor passed away after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Coolio's friend Eric Yano, who was left "shocked" by his sudden death, said his friend steered clear of drugs and alcohol and hadn't heard the star was suffering from any health issues. Eric said, "He would never show up intoxicated or on a different planet like most people. I never saw him drinking. He'd usually have a glass of water. A lot of people would ask to smoke a joint with him but he never smoked," adding that the last time he saw Coolio, the "Gangsta's Paradise" star "seemed completely fine."