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Jul 22, 2022 · CNN — Shonka Dukureh, a singer and actress who portrayed Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in the recently released Baz Luhrmann film “Elvis,” died Thursday, according to Nashville police. She was...
Aug 31, 2022 · “Elvis” actor Shonka Dukureh, who was found dead in her Nashville, Tennessee, home last month, died of natural causes, according to the local medical examiner’s office. A spokesperson for the...
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Jul 22, 2022 · “Elvis” actor Shonka Dukureh was found dead Thursday in the Nashville, Tennessee, apartment she shared with her two young children, police said. She was 44 years old. Dukureh, a blues singer,...
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Jul 22, 2022 · Kane Skennar/Warner Bros. By Daniel Victor. Published July 22, 2022 Updated July 25, 2022. Shonka Dukureh, who made her Hollywood debut as the celebrated blues singer Big Mama Thornton in the...
Jul 22, 2022 · The actor Shonka Dukureh, who recently made her big screen debut as Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s new film Elvis, had died at the age of 44. Dukureh was found dead on Thursday in a...
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Aug 30, 2022 · Actor and singer Shonka Dukureh, who appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” died last month of natural causes, according to Tennessee’s Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office. Dukureh was found...
Jul 21, 2022 · July 21, 2022 3:22pm. Everett. Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in this year’s movie about Elvis Presley, was found dead Thursday in a bedroom at her home in Nashville, police said....
