SEAN LEVERT DEATH : Celebrity Tribute to Sean Levert

NEWS: Sean Levert's family seeks FBI assistance to determine cause of death

(BlackPressMagazine.com) - While being held in restraining chair at the Cuyahoga County Jail's psychiatric ward, R&B singer Sean Levert died after his breathing was constricted, according to medical reports by coroner Frank Miller. An autopsy was conducted but the results will not be back for about six to eight weeks, he said.

Now the family of Sean Levert is asking for the Federal Bureau of Investigations to look into the 39-year-old singer's death.

Levert died on March 30, 2008 just outside of his hometown of Cleveland, OH. His older brother, Gerald, died on November 10, 2006 after an accidental drug overdose when he unknowingly combined prescriptions. Levert was sentenced to 22 months in jail for failure to pay $85,000 in child support.

Sean Levert's death is one of many celebrity deaths that are currently under investigation including actress Anna Nicole Smith, Fulbright scholar Dr. Donda West and actor Heath Ledger, among others.

According to reports and quotes from Warden Kevin McDonough, Levert, who is said to have suffered from a drug addiction that began when he was 14-years-old and was being treated for anxiety, had to be placed in the psychiatric ward after five days in jail because he "began mumbling incoherently." McDonough says that Levert then became violent and continuously banged on his cell door. These actions, say McDonough, required Levert to be placed in the restraint chair.

The family isn't buying the warden's accounts and are instead seeking government intervention to determine the cause of death.

The family released a statement but no funeral arrangements have been announced.

To see the video tribute to Sean Levert, visit http://www.blackpressradio.com and enter keyword: "LEVERT" or "OBITUARY."

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[ticklemebad]

I'm so sorry I'm late, but can someone tell me how he passed? I heard bits and pieces, but I doubt if it's the truth. I just found out recently/and I'm terribly hurt.

[blackpress]

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[Change2be]

Deepest Sympathy to the Levert Family, its so sad.

[rozzythomas]

My deepest sympathies to Eddie and Martha Levert and all their family,friends and fans

Roz Thomas & Family

[Troo44]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GL

[soymiguelalejandro23]

Why did you not let the father have it for this bull shit? If his father had paid that bill Sean would be alive because he would have had his anti anxiety medicine which was a large contributing factor to his death as the jail took it away from him - he was off 6 days at the time of his death. further the jail denied him all medical and psychiatric care when it was obvious he had become physical sick and psychotic. Black people stop acting as if Mental Illness doesn't happen to blacks.

[musiqgem]

This is BS, I know he was a grown man & everything but couldn't the father Eddie Levert have flipped his sons child support bill for him? I mean that is his grandkids & he is RICH DAMNIT, c'mon!

[rozzythomas]

According to the book I Got Your Back. by Gerald and Eddie Levert, Eddie and his first wife had 3 kids together, Gerald, Sean, and Kandace, She helped raise Eddie Jr.

Martha Levert was a wonderful woman according to the book, and also according to Gerald and Eddie himself.

[classayladay]

How many children did Eddie and Martha Levert have together? I didn't know that Eddie remarried and has another family. If together Eddie and Martha had (2) I know how she feels. I lost my (1) and only and I felt so lost and so alone. I turned to God even more and HE blessed me this time with a husband and (2) sons. Keep the Faith Martha for a mother's love is far deeper than any ocean, because we carried them inside us. Even when your husband's love comes and goes. A son's love is always there.

[TallSomeone]

1988 Album: Just Coolin'

One bad-ass song after another, and on "Starting Me Up Again" Sean shows his talent.

[TallSomeone]

Yes, it's on one of the early LeVert albums. It's an atomic bomb, like most of the songs on the album. Just crazy. Just coolin'.

[Blakperlz6]

Gerald and Sean you are truly missed..Rest In Peace

[melloprod]

huh?

[sexysigmalady95]

hey carlo, read the more info icon on this page. This is really messed up because I just found this out!