Three 6 Mafia - Lord Infamous dead at 40

Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan of Three 6 Mafia has died. He was 40.

In 2006, Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for Best Original Song for Hustle & Flow soundtrack title "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp."

From THR:

Lord Infamous, a founding member of rap group Three 6 Mafia, died on Friday evening. He was 40. The artist, whose birth name was Ricky Dunigan, passed away during a visit at his mother's house in Memphis.

"He passed away in his sleep from a heart attack," his half-brother, Three 6 Mafia member DJ Paul, told The Hollywood Reporter by phone. "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."