Eminem father and son talking

It has been universally reported today that Eminem’s estranged father, Marshall Bruce Mathers II, died at his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana from a massive heart attack at age 67.

Bruce, who married Eminem’s mom when he was 22 and she was just 15, allegedly walked out on the family when his son was just two years old.

The anger birthed from Bruce’s abandonment has been an ongoing theme in the rapper’s music–namely in his 1999 hit “My Name Is” when he raps, “And by the way when you see my dad? Tell him that I slit his throat, in this dream I had,” and ‘Cleaning Out My Closet: “My f*ggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch/ ‘Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye/ No I don’t, on second thought I just fucking wished he would die.”

In 2001, Bruce, who had been working construction and had fathered two additional children in California, attempted to reach out to his son at th