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Dr. Dre's Son Andre -- Dead at 20

Posted Aug 26th 2008 12:12PM by TMZ Staff

Dr. Dre's son, Andre Young, Jr., was found dead over the weekend.

You may have heard reports Dr. Dre's son Andre Jr. didn't come home until 5:30 AM the day he died. Not true.

A source tells us that Andre, Jr. was home by 12:30 AM, and in bed shortly thereafter. He was found by his mother, Jenita Porter, sometime after 10:00 AM that morning, unresponsive.

A rep for the rapper tells us, "Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son Andre Young, Jr."

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16. My heart goes out to the family, how sad.

Posted at 12:35PM on Aug 26th 2008 by Sympathy to the Family

17. How is this posted at 10:07AM when it's 9:39AM pacific time as I write this?

Posted at 12:39PM on Aug 26th 2008 by gooch

18. Icons of rap? NOW that is an oxymoron.

Posted at 12:42PM on Aug 26th 2008 by muffy

19. Well, since I'm white, I will pour out some of my diet coke onto the pavement of my office building at lunch.

Posted at 12:42PM on Aug 26th 2008 by ilovecelebritycrap

20. Well, since I'm white, I'm going to snort a line of meth and touch a young boy now.

Posted at 12:50PM on Aug 26th 2008 by ilovecelebritycrap

21. My heart go out to Dr. Dre and his family, it is very hard when a family member dies, especially so young. God bless his family and may he rest in peace.

Posted at 12:50PM on Aug 26th 2008 by R.P

22. To #4 - the rapper you speak of is Curtis Young - another son of Dre's.

And to #9 it's Dr. Dre, as in Snoop and Dre.

RIP, Jr. I hope you at least had a blast.

Posted at 12:53PM on Aug 26th 2008 by Obama '08

23. Terribly sad.

Posted at 1:00PM on Aug 26th 2008 by Janet

24. No doubt it's drug related. No surprsie though look at his role model of a dad who's a drug using gangster.
I hope Dr, Dre sleeps good knowing he helped his son die early by "teaching" him how to be a druggie.....way to go daddy Dre!

Posted at 9:21AM on Aug 27th 2008 by nickers

25. This IS his son. He has more than one child, people. Jeez louise!

Posted at 1:02PM on Aug 26th 2008 by wow

26. COME ON TMZ ! IM A TRUE DIE HEART FAN, I LOG ON AND WATCH TMZ DAILY, BUT I MUST SAY YOU GUYS LOST POINTS ON THIS ONE. THAT IS NOT DR.DRE SON ! POSTED ON TMZ WEB-SITE, DOESNT EVEN COME CLOSE,DR DRE SON NAME IS CURTIS YOUNG GOES BY THE NAME "HOOD SURGEON". LOOK IT UP AND FIX IT, WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE TO DR DRE.

Posted at 1:25PM on Aug 26th 2008 by chcocolate qt

27. Nice impersonation #20
Let me guess, you think I am being racist. I am, against MYSELF, I am really damn white. Seriously. I can't even dance.

Posted at 1:22PM on Aug 26th 2008 by ilovecelebritycrap

28. Karma is a bitch, isn't it. Makes you wonder if he raised his son to be a #1 party animal. Odds are good morals and grades weren't emphasized. You get out of life what you put into it. Party on Dre.

Posted at 1:25PM on Aug 26th 2008 by Tired of it all

29. Dr. Dre and Nicole have two children together: a son named Truth (born 1997) and a daughter named Truly (born 2001) He is also the biological father of rapper Hood Surgeon (real name Curtis McClemore), with mother, Cassandra Joy Greene, then 16, when Dre was 17.[101] Dre also had a son named Andre Young Jr., who died at age 20, on August 23, 2008.[102] wikipedia dr. dre

Posted at 1:57PM on Aug 26th 2008 by jah mama

30. rip man doc dre hold ya head up

Posted at 4:56PM on Aug 26th 2008 by nico

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