By Greg Garrison
AL.com
He was 36.
His mother, Mary Latimore of Birmingham, said she was unable to reach him Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and asked for a wellness check. He was found dead at his home by Atlanta Police just after noon on Wednesday.
Mrs. Latimore said her son suffered from congestive heart failure.
“He had been hospitalized several times,” she said. “I assume his heart just gave out on him.”
She said he was salutatorian at Woodlawn High School, where he graduated in 2002. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Tennessee State University. He worked at several jobs in journalism, including as a page designer for Alabama Media Group, publisher of AL.com, The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and the Mobile Press-Register, from 2012-2014.
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