Private Funeral Set for Heavy D

Some details of the private funeral for rap legend Heavy D have been revealed. The funeral will be held at Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon, a suburb of New York City, Saturday (Nov 18).

According to the New York Daily News, the funeral service will be invitation only. Family, friends and many celebrities including Mary J. Blige, Diddy and Wayans brothers will attend the service.

While the funeral is invitation only, there will be a public viewing and wake, set to take place Friday (Nov 17) at Grace Baptist Church of Mount Vernon.

Dwight Arrington Myer, 44 better known as Heavy D, died at a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing outside his Beverly Hills home.

The world came to know Heavy D as the “Overweight Lover” in the late 1980s and 1990s, with such hits as “Big Daddy”, “Black Coffee” and “Somebody For Me”. He was an accomplished actor appearing in Cider House Rules and Life; and most recently appearing in Tower Heist.

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