Jerry Heller Died Listening To N.W.A.

By Isha Thorpe

September 7, 2016

Jerry Heller's nephew, Terry, recently told TMZ that music by N.W.A. was the last thing that his uncle listened to before he died. 

When Terry found out that Jerry was in a terrible car crash, he knew it was serious. So, he rushed to the hospital armed with the rap group's songs like "Still Talkin,'" "Eazy-Duz-It," "We Want Eazy,"  and "Boyz-N-the-Hood."

All of the music was played when the former N.W.A. manager was in the E.R.

Jerry's attorney, Mickey Shapiro, previously said that "Straight Outta Compton" played a role in his former client's death. Shapiro said that Jerry stressed about the negative way he was portrayed in the film. "Jerry Heller would be alive today if not for that movie," the lawyer told TMZ.

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