{"id":22473,"date":"2022-07-22T17:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shonka-dukureh-actress-who-sang-hound-dog-in-elvis-dies-at-44\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T17:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:38:48","slug":"shonka-dukureh-actress-who-sang-hound-dog-in-elvis-dies-at-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shonka-dukureh-actress-who-sang-hound-dog-in-elvis-dies-at-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Shonka Dukureh, Actress Who Sang ‘Hound Dog’ in ‘Elvis,’ Dies at 44"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shonka Dukureh, who made her Hollywood debut last month as the soulful blues legend Big Mama Thornton in \u201cElvis,\u201d died on Thursday in Nashville. She was 44.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department confirmed the death but did not provide a cause, saying only that no foul play was evident. One of her two young children found her unresponsive in her bedroom and ran to alert a neighbor, who called 911 at 9:27 am, the police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cElvis,\u201d the biopic of Elvis Presley that starred Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, was Ms. Dukureh’s first major acting role. In playing Big Mama Thornton, the singer and songwriter who recorded \u201cHound Dog\u201d in 1952, a year before Elvis Presley did, Ms. Dukureh found a role that melded her booming voice with her apparently emerging acting chops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n