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the 44-year-old whose real name was dwight arrington myers was best known for his single, now that wend love. he caught pneumonia overseas. >>> at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, every television and radio program will be interrupted. that's because the first nation wide test of the emergency alert system will take place. it's designed to quickly notify americans about a national emergency such as a nuclear attack. the test will last for 30 seconds. >>> fortunately, this wasn't an emergency. the earth had a close encounter with a speeding asteroid. the space rock was the size of an aircraft carrier, but it sailed on by at 29,000 miles per hour. at one point this evening, it was actually closer to us than the moon, that's the closest an asteroid has been to the earth since 1976. >> and you can actually see it tonight too, with a telescope. telescope around #:30 tonight. the moon is 230,000 miles away. this was 200,000 miles away. that's kind of close. >> that is. >> but it did not enter the atmosphere. kept on going. and the weather just keeps on going. just beautiful around here today. unbelievab

his real name was dwight arrington myers. he had just release a new album.as 44 years old. >> white a career. >> he had done some acting and someone told me that he is in the movie tower heist. i saw the movie. i did not notice him but that he had a previous part in that. >> in the new movie. >> very sad. the overweight lover as he called himself. i met him once or twice way back in the day. nice guy. nice, nice guy. sad to hear that yesterday. >> all right. we have some uplifting news in the weather department at least. >> a fine day on tap today. very nice conditions across the region. first, we have to get through some fog and once again this morning, we have a fog advisory in effect. this is in effect for areas to the south and east of washington the so it does include eastern maryland, southern maryland, some locations in virginia as well. this fog advisory in effect until 10:00 this morning. visibility could be reduced to a quarter mile or less in some locations. just to mention, it there is also some fog out to the west near the mountains. no fog advi

. >>> elevening more about the death of rapper heavy d, dwight arrington myers collapsed at his homeangeles. a representative for the coroner's office tells nbc news that heavy d died of natural causes. tmz quotes a friend of the rapper claiming he had pneumonia. the rapper who billed himself as the overweight lover had several hits including "now that we found love." he was 44 years old. >>> 6:56 right now. the "today" show just minutes away. here is ann curry with a look at what's coming up this morning. >> good morning. coming up on today, a new investigation being launched into the shocking case of child sex abuse at penn state university. as pressure intensifies on fabld head coach joe paterno. will he be forced to he sign? also ahead, herman cain answers new questions about the sexual misconduct allegations plaguing his campaign and vows to stay in the presidential race. while his accusers consider speaking out together. we'll have details on this story. then we'll lighten things up because matt as you well know has been through africa and spain so far. where will his "where in

his real name was dwight arrington myers. this is his biggest hit "now that we found love." was only 44 years old. do we know what happened? >> well, what we do know, heavy d. collapsed in his home at beverly hills tuesday morning and taken to a hospital in los angeles and died a short time later. the cause of his death has not been determined yet. i'm sure they're working to ascertain that. so many people are so sad and in such shock this afternoon. fans and artists alike. that's particularly because heavy d. has been working on a new album. he's been making a lot of public appearances recently and been out there talking about it. he was such a well liked guy. in fact, he performed at the michael jackson tribute concert and the b.e.t. awards just recently. his career goes all the way back to 1987. we knew his group, heavy d. and the boys. he was called the overweight lover, how he referred to himself. he had hits with the boys like "the overweight lovers in the house." "got me waiting." the remake we were playing a moment ago. he recorded songs with both janet and michael j