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Report: Kimbo Slice Died Awaiting Heart Transplant

Bellator MMA star and former YouTube sensation Kimbo Slice was awaiting a heart transplant before he died on Monday at age 42, according to a report from the Sun Sentinel.

Slice was admitted to the Northwest Medical Center in Margate, Fla., on June 3 complaining of severe abdominal pain, shortness of breath and nausea, according to information obtained from the Broward County medical examiner’s office by the Sun Sentinel.

The fighter was reportedly found to have a liver mass and congestive heart failure and was placed on a ventilator in intensive care.