by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
He was discovered dead at his home Jan. 12
The cause of death has been released for recording artist John Forté, who was found unresponsive at his home in January, confirming he died from complications of the flu.
According to the Vineyard Gazette, the state medical examiner in Massachusetts determined Forté died from complications of influenza A, with a seizure disorder listed as a contributing condition. The findings were released April 24.
During his lengthy career, he recorded and produced songs for his own projects and contributed to others’. In recent years, he has been working primarily on scores for several projects.
After visiting Martha’s Vineyard in 1998 and staying there during the pandemic, he thrived in the industry. In an interview he did last year with MV Arts and Ideas, he said, “For two decades, I’ve been contributing to soundtracks. But scoring, scoring really happened for me because I’ve been hunkering down here on the Vineyard, being able to have a project that would require going in my studio for three months at a time.”
Forté is survived by his wife, Lara Fuller, and their two children, Haile and Wren.
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Source: Black Enterprise
