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"Three 6 Mafia&amp;apos;s founding member Ricky &amp;quot;Lord Infamous&amp;quot; Dunigan has reportedly died at the age of 40. The rapper&amp;apos;s body was found at his mother&amp;apos;s home in Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, Dec. 20, HipHopDX reports.\r\n\r\nDunigan first broke out in the music industry with the help of DJ Paul and Juicy J. On Saturday, DJ Paul&amp;apos;s publicist confirmed the news of his passing.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;He did pass away at his mothers house last night in Memphis,&amp;quot; Dove Clark told HipHopDX in an interview. &amp;quot;The cause of death is unknown. We&amp;apos;re actually trying to figure out how he died and that is all the information we currently have.&amp;quot; (Back in 2010, Dunigan suffered a heart attack and stroke.)\r\n&amp;quot;He passed away in his sleep from a heart attack,&amp;quot; DJ Paul told The Hollywood Reporter.  &amp;quot;He said he was tired, he wanted to sleep. He sat down at the kitchen  table, put his head in his arms to lay down ... to get some sleep.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe sudden death has also been confirmed by other members of the group  via social media. &amp;quot;R.I.P. lord infamous,&amp;quot; Juicy J tweeted Saturday. &amp;quot;Thx you for your prayers, I&amp;apos;m very hurt, can&amp;apos;t believe it&amp;apos;s true.&amp;quot; Lil Wyte added: &amp;quot;He gave us the name #Triple6Mafia he was a pioneer, he was a  god, he was my friend. RIP Ricky &amp;apos;Lord Infamous&amp;apos; Dunnigan.&amp;quot;\r\nThree 6 Mafia was created in the mid-90s. In 2006, they won Best Original Song for &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s Hard out Here for a Pimp&amp;quot; (a pivotal song in the film Hustle and Flow) at the 78th Academy Awards. Two years later, they went on to win Favorite Band/Duo/Group at the American Music Awards."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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