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TV investigation confirms ‘death hoax’ rapper Tim Dog did really die
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 17 September 2014
It’s been confirmed that rapper and ‘Fuck Compton’ hitmaker Tim Dog, real name Timothy Blair, did indeed die in February last year. This in spite of stories circulating at the time that he had faked his death as a means of avoiding paying off debts (to the point that a warrant was issued for his arrest).
As previously reported, back in 2011 Blair pled guilty to conning one Esther Pilgrim, a woman he’d met on an online dating site, out of $32,000. He was given five years probation and ordered to pay $19,000 back to Pilgrim in installments of $100pcm, only for it to be reported in early 2013 that he had died following a diabetes-related seizure.
A sceptical Pilgrim then revealed she’d researched into his death and discovered neither details nor official proof that Blair had passed away. This sparked ‘conspiracy theories’ in certain circles, which led to a judge issuing a warrant for Blair’s arrest in May of 2013.
Blair having failed to reappear, the team at NBC TV show ‘Dateline’ later began an investigation into the case, and have this week said that they have obtained a death certificate confirming that Blair did indeed die on 14 Feb, whilst in the care of Hospice Atlanta. The delay in tracing the certificate was due to the fact that it was filed in the county of his death, and no one bar the rapper’s close family and friends knew he was living, and had later passed away, in Atlanta.
