Others were more balanced in their commentary on his death.

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Samuels’ mother offered no details on her son’s passing but NBC’s reporting quoted the Atlanta police department saying police and first responders showed up to an apartment on Paces Ferry Road in northeast Atlanta where a woman who was with Samuels had called 911 after he complained of chest pains and collapsed. The emergency responders performed CPR and transported him to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.