Dr. Dre Buries 20-Year-Old Son

Superproducer Dr. Dre buried his son on Friday (August 29), Andre Young, Jr.

According to TMZ.com, more than 200 mourners turned out for the funeral, which took place in Glendale, California at the Church of the Recessional.

The 20-year-old was found dead last Saturday (August 23) by his mother, who called 911 at around 10 a.m. Despite paramedics’ efforts, he pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy was done last week, but it did not reveal the cause of death. Further tests have been ordered to try to discover the cause.

“We don’t know yet why he died,” the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner told People. “There were no signs of trauma or foul play. We’ll be doing toxicology and other tests, which will take up to six weeks.”

The test is “mainly to determine whether alcohol or drugs played a part in a person’s death,” Capt. Winter said.

Young had been out with friends the night prior, and his mother told police that “she recalled hearing him snoring around 5:30 a.m.”

“Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son,” the rapper’s publicist Lori Earl said in a statement Tuesday. “Please respect his family’s grief and privacy at this time.”

Dr. Dre has four other children — sons Curtis, 26, Marcel, 17, and Truth, 11, and daughter Truly, 7.

Dr. Dre’s Son Found Dead

The son of hip-hop icon Dr. Dre died at his home this weekend.

“Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son Andre Young Jr. Please respect his family’s grief and privacy at this time,” rep Lori Earl tells E! News.

The 20-year-old Andre was found unresponsive by his mother Saturday morning, after a night out with friends, authories say.

“Police arrived and declared him [deceased],” says Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, adding there was “no visible trauma or the like.”
The precise cause of death won’t be known for up to eight weeks, when toxicology tests are completed.

An award-winning producer and musician, Dre has worked with many in the music industry, from his days with NWA to protégés Snoop Dogg and Eminem to Burt Bacharach.