9-Year-Old Ezra Blount Becomes 10th Fatality Of Astroworld Festival

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Ezra Blount By Malaika Jabali ·Updated November 15, 2021

Ezra Blount, 9, who went to the Astroworld Festival in Houston with his father on November 5, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, according to family attorney Ben Crump.

The festival descended into chaos, with attendees trampled and crushed. The chaos led to 10 deaths, including the nine-year-old Blount. Blount had been in a “medically induced coma in an attempt to overcome brain, liver and

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