<p class="title">Rap God Eminem's estranged father, Marshall Bruce Mathers, has died. He was 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mathers, who went by the name Bruce, reportedly died near Fort Wayne, Indiana after a heart attack at his home, reported TMZ.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exact cause of death remains unclear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, had a well-documented, troubled history with his father, whom the rapper has said he never met.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Grammy-winning artiste's hit tracks "My Name Is" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet" were inspired from their estranged relationship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Debbie Nelson, Eminem's mother, she and Bruce separated shortly after the singer's birth in 1972. The mother-son duo settled in Detroit with her family while Bruce moved to California where he had two other kids.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eminem has said in interviews, as a child, he wrote letters to his father but they always came back "return to sender".</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2001, Bruce published a letter addressed to Eminem in a newspaper explaining his side of the story, that Debbie didn't let the father-son reconnect. </p>
<p class="title">Rap God Eminem's estranged father, Marshall Bruce Mathers, has died. He was 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mathers, who went by the name Bruce, reportedly died near Fort Wayne, Indiana after a heart attack at his home, reported TMZ.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exact cause of death remains unclear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, had a well-documented, troubled history with his father, whom the rapper has said he never met.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Grammy-winning artiste's hit tracks "My Name Is" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet" were inspired from their estranged relationship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Debbie Nelson, Eminem's mother, she and Bruce separated shortly after the singer's birth in 1972. The mother-son duo settled in Detroit with her family while Bruce moved to California where he had two other kids.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eminem has said in interviews, as a child, he wrote letters to his father but they always came back "return to sender".</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2001, Bruce published a letter addressed to Eminem in a newspaper explaining his side of the story, that Debbie didn't let the father-son reconnect. </p>