Paul Dedrick Gray, also known as The Pig, was an American musician who was the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #2. Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family relocated to Des Moines, Iowa.

On May 24, 2010, The Des Moines Register reported that Gray had been found dead in room 431 at the TownePlace Suites Hotel in Urbandale, Iowa. The autopsy results showed that Gray had died of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl, and that he had also developed “significant heart disease”.

Paul Gray was buried at the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa. Former band mate Joey Jordison is buried at the same graveyard.

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