Kimbo Slice needed heart transplant before his death

                   
Kimbo Slice, the mixed martial arts star who died Monday at age 42, had been diagnosed with heart failure and needed a transplant.
Slice, as Coral Springs-based fighter Kevin Ferguson was widely known, was admitted to Northwest Medical Center in Margate on Friday, complaining of severe abdominal pain, shortness of breath and nausea, according to information the hospital reported to the Broward County medical examiner.
Slice was found to have a liver mass and congestive heart failure, and was placed on a ventilator in intensive care, according to the report.
As Slice's condition declined, doctors advised his family he would need a heart transplant, the report states.