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ODBituary
The news that Ol’ Dirty Bastard had died surprised no one. A friend who knew I was a fan of the Wu-Tang Clan, ODB’s Staten Island, NY rap collective, emailed to tell me the news. I immediately checked the web for a write-up, and found the expected news that he had collapsed of apparent heart failure in a Manhattan recording studio. His passing in such a sudden manner, just two days shy of his 36th birthday, was the inevitable flameout at the end of an explosive career. Born Russell Tyrone Jones, ODB died on November 13, 2004. He left behind the musical legacy of a deranged genius, and an evolving persona that, just a month later, has already been turned into a cultural punch line.