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Most Googled Celebrity Death of 2011 Was Ryan Dunn

Dino Grandoni

Of all the famous people who died this year -- a titan of the tech industry, a leader of a massive terrorist organization, a quixotic dictator, a troubled but talented young singer -- the person who sent the most people searching for information on Google was ... Jackass's Ryan Dunn.

By Adam Martin

Nov 8, 2011

Heavy D Dies Suddenly

It's a tragedy for the rap world, especially those who came up during the 1990s: Heavy D died suddenly on Tuesday, completing a bizarre trifecta of celebrity deaths this week.

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