Ice-t Loses Friend To Swine Flu

Rapper ICE-T has immunised himself against swine flu after a close friend’s sister was killed by the deadly virus.

The star admits he was ignorant to the dangers of the H1N1 pandemic until it struck close to home.

Ice-T, whose real name is Tracy Marrow, tells TMZ.com, “I actually had a friend die from the swine flu. One of my friend’s I went to school with, his sister.

“I didn’t really take it seriously until that happened.”

The tragedy prompted him to take precautions himself: “It’s real s**t. I took a flu shot.”