(Jamaica Observer) Louie Rankin’s Jamaica manager, Lexxi, has confirmed that the dancehall deejay/actor died Monday evening as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash in Canada.
“He passed away yesterday in a car accident. He died,” she told OBSERVER ONLINE, a short while ago.
According to media reports, the collision happened on Highway 89 in Ontario, Canada.
Though the details of are yet to be released, the crash involved a transport truck and another unidentified motor vehicle.
Louie Rankin (given name Leonard Forbes) was born in St Thomas and spent most of his developing years in East Kingston. His rise to stardom came in the 1990s with the release of Typewriter.
He also had a thriving acting career with key roles in the films Shottas (2004) in which he was cast as Teddy Bruckshut and the movie Belly as Ox.
In 2014, he made an appearance in the film We Run These Streets.
