Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn’t have been born. Straight up.” 6.

I'll love and miss you both and live for us all." ORIGINAL STORY (July 24): A former New Orleans police officer who saved Lil Wayne’s life as a kid has died at the age of 65.

Lil Wayne is grieving the passing of Robert Hoobler, the former New Orleans cop who saved his life following a suicide attempt with a gun at 12 years old. The 65-year-old’s body was found in his ...

Photo: AP Sthanlee B. Mirador On Friday, ex-New Orleans cop Robert Hoobler—who Lil Wayne says saved his life in 1994—was found dead in his Jefferson Parish, Louisiana home.