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Eazy-E

AKA:

The Godfather of Gangsta Rap

Birth Name:

Eric Lynn Wright

Birth Date:

September 7, 1964

Birth Place:

Compton, California

Death Date:

March 26, 1995

Place of Death:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

AIDS related pneumonia

Cemetery Name:

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Claim to Fame:

Music

Co-founder of the influential Compton, California gangsta rap group N.W.A., Easy-E with Dr. Dre and Ice Cube won acclaim for portraying life on the streets of east L.A. in the 1980s as one of the premier west coast rappers. Sadly Easy-E died within weeks of learning he was infected with the AIDS virus.

Fun Fact

Wright had 11 children with 8 different women and was worth an estimated $50 million at the time of his death

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Rose Hills Memorial Park

3888 Workman Mill Road

Whittier, California, 90601

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Lupine Lawn, Section 2, Lot 3113, Grave 3

Grave Location Description

Driving up the hill of Rose Hills, turn left at the bottom of Lupine Lawn section and drive about 200 feet to the next intersection. Walk about 25 rows up the hill to Lot 3113, Grave 1 to his awesome, original new monument.