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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Leeds hospital trust apologises after rapper MF Doom died in its care

MF Doom rapping into mic wearing helmet
MF Doom died in October 2020 at St James’s hospital in Leeds while being treated for angioedema – a sudden swelling often caused by an allergic reaction. Photograph: Peter Kramer/Getty Images

An NHS trust has apologised for the substandard care given to MF Doom, an underground rap icon who died aged 49 while having hospital treatment.

The artist behind songs including Accordion and That’s That, whose real name was Dumile Daniel Thompson, died in October 2020 due to a lack of oxygen to his brain after a reaction to a drug prescribed for blood pressure.

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