Tyrone Gray was 56 when he died in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 23, 2008. The funeral notice lists him as a KIK Consumer Products employee and says arrangements were handled by N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, with visitation and a service set for November 29 and burial at Forest Hill Midtown Cemetery. The notice names Emma Jones of Memphis as his companion and includes brief remembrances from family, coworkers, and a daughter.

The obituary did not say how he died and did not indicate the death was being treated as a criminal matter. There are no publicly reported arrests, named suspects, or court proceedings connected to his death in 2008. If anyone knew Tyrone, his companion Emma Jones, or had information about the circumstances around his death, please share what you know.