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Elvis Actress Shonka Dukureh Found Dead astatine 44
New details connected the passing of Shonka Dukureh person travel to light.
Just implicit a month aft Dukureh, who played the relation of Big Mama Thornton successful the movie Elvis, was found dead in her Nashville apartment, a origin of decease has been revealed.
A spokesperson for the mediate Tennessee determination forensic halfway confirms to E! News that Dukureh passed distant from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at property 44. Her manner of decease was determined to be natural.
On July 21, Nashville Police shared a tweet which stated that Dukureh was discovered dormant successful the chamber of her apartment. At the time, constabulary noted that nary foul play was suspected successful her passing.
While Elvis is the lone movie recognition listed connected Dukureh's IMDb page, the histrion near rather the bequest down with that project.
Baz Luhrmann, the manager of the movie Elvis, penned a tribute successful her honor, noting, "She was truthful loved by the full formed and crew."
"Underneath each that goodness was a playful quality being, comic arsenic hell," Luhrmann wrote successful a portion published by Time successful July. "I can't ideate her being successful a concern wherever she wouldn't link with those astir her."
Luhrmann recalled however erstwhile helium archetypal discovered Dukureh, she was singing gospel. He shared that helium knew helium had recovered an "authentic spiritual person" for the movie due to the fact that helium could "hear her dependable truly lifting radical up."
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"Shonka truly brought Big Mama Thornton to beingness with tremendous passionateness and confidence, and I'm grateful that she was capable to stock her acquisition with a wider audience," helium wrote. "She was conscionable an bonzer quality being."
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