{"id":21693,"date":"2022-07-21T23:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T23:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shonka-dukureh-dead-elvis-actor-and-singer-was-44\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T23:07:23","slug":"shonka-dukureh-dead-elvis-actor-and-singer-was-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shonka-dukureh-dead-elvis-actor-and-singer-was-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Shonka Dukureh Dead: ‘Elvis’ Actor and Singer Was 44"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shonka Dukureh, the singer and actor who portrayed Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s \u201cElvis,\u201d was found dead in her Nashville, Tenn. apartment on Thursday, police confirmed. She was 44.<\/p>\n
According to a tweet from the Metro Nashville Police Department, no foul play is evident in Dukureh’s death. \u201cDukureh, a Fisk Univ graduate, was found dead in the bedroom of her Kothe Way apt that she shared with her 2 young children,\u201d the tweet reads.<\/p>\n
\nBREAKING: No foul play is evident in today’s death of actress Shonka Dukureh, 44, who portrayed Big Mama Thornton in this year’s Elvis movie. Dukureh, a Fisk Univ graduate, was found dead in the bedroom of her Kothe Way apt that she shared with her 2 young children.<\/p>\n