Ray Lewis III.Photo:Instagram
According to the findings dated July 23 from Medical Examiner Districts 5 & 24 in Florida, Ray III died of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine intoxication. The manner of death was ruled as accidental.
He was transported via the Seminole County Fire Department to the Advent Health Hospital in Altamonte Springs, per the police report, where he was pronounced dead.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE at the time, the Casselberry Police Department said: “This investigation is closed. The evidence and witness accounts show this incident to be a tragic accident. Our sympathies go out to the Lewis family and friends.”
A June 24 funeral service was held for Ray III, whose father was a Baltimore Ravens linebacker and Super Bowl champion, at Calvary Orlando church in Florida, according to social media posts.
Ray, Tatyana McCall (Ray III’s mother) and the family penned an acknowledgment in the service’s program, which read: “Ray (Ray Ray) Lewis III’s parents and family would like to express our dearest thanks to all of you for the love, support and kind deeds you’ve shown us during the loss of our loved one. Your kindness is deeply appreciated. It is our prayer that God surrounds you with grace, mercy and an overflow of blessings.”
At the service, Ray said about his son, per theNew York Post:“We will see you again. 28 years, watching my first-born child… the referees thought I was crazy running up and down the sideline.”
“Everybody that’s here in this room today for my son, from the deepest corners of my family’s heart, thank you.”
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Rahsaan Lewisoffered an emotional Instagram about his brother’s death: “Really can’t believe I’m evening typings this butRIP big brother🕊 💫"A true angel. I pray you’re at peace now because I know how much you [were] really hurting.”
In 2010, Ray III once said to theSun: “I would like to follow in [my father’s] footsteps. One day, I do have a dream of going into the NFL, but I also have a dream of making a difference in people’s lives outside the football field.”
source: people.com
