On August 13, 2001, an L.A. County coroner's spokesperson announced that an accidental heroin overdose killed him. The spokesperson added that foul play was not suspected.
Suffered from clinical depression.
Before his untimely death, he was planning his wedding with girlfriend Leanna Green. They would have married on September 1. This would have been his second marriage.
Following his untimely death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California. He passed away on July 25, 2001, two months before what would have been his 36th birthday on August 29.
Attended the University of California - Los Angeles, the University of California - Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Valley College.