Last month we learned of the loss of a truly singular voice. Shonka Dukureh, who made such a splash in her Hollywood debut in Elvis this year, passed away suddenly just months after the biopic’s premiere. She was only 44.
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Elvis Presley Fans are currently celebrating Elvis Week to commemorate the anniversary of the King's death. The star, who died on August 16, 1977, was found at his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, by his fiancée Ginger Alden.
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And Priscilla Presley, the star's ex-wife, knew exactly what kind of musician he adored to watch. Elvis knew when music worked and when it didn't, however.
Priscilla revealed in her memoir, Elvis and Me, that a specific style of musician irked him. She recalled: "He couldn't abide singers who were, in his words: 'all technique and no emotional feeling.
'"Elvis even name-dropped some singers who he thought were all flair and no substance. In this category of the singer
.Last month we learned of the loss of a truly singular voice. Shonka Dukureh, who made such a splash in her Hollywood debut in Elvis this year, passed away suddenly just months after the biopic’s premiere. She was only 44.
actress and blues singer who wasfound dead in her Nashville home last month, died of heart disease.According to a coroner's report obtained by on Monday, Dukureh's official cause of death is listed as «hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease» and the manner of death is listed as «natural.» As ET previously reported, Dukureh -- who played Big Mama Thornton in the Baz Luhrmann production -- was found dead on the morning of July 21, in the bedroom of her apartment that she shared with her two young children. One of them found her unresponsive and ran to a neighbor’s apartment, where police said, at 9:27 a.m., the neighbor called 911.In addition to landing her first major film role in , Dukureh appeared in Doja Cat's «Vegas» music video, where she played the Big Mama Thornton role as well.At the time of her death, director Luhrmann released a statement in her honor.«A special light went out today and all of the movie family are heartbroken by the loss of Shonka Dukureh.
"Elvis" actress Shonka Dukureh died of "natural causes," the Tennessee Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner confirmed with Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The cause of death was ruled as "hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease." The Metro Nashville Police Department said there were no signs of foul play. Dukureh, 44, was found dead on July 21 in a bedroom at her apartment in Nashville.The Fisk University graduate shared the apartment with her two young children, police said.
Shonka Dukureh sadly passed away last month and now her cause of death has been revealed.
Elvis Presley fans celebrated Elvis Week and marked the 45th anniversary of the star's death, celebrating his short 42 years on Earth. Aside from his outstanding talent and good looks, another great quality of The King's was how he so lavishly shared his wealth. Elvis would regularly give large sums of money to charity and would bless his Memphis Mafia and staff with Christmas bonuses, cars and other gifts.
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Elvis Presley's death was earlier this month on August 16, 2022. The King of Rock and Roll was found dead at his home, Graceland, in 1977, by his fiancée, Ginger Alden. His only child, Lisa Marie Presley, was just next door.
Elvis Presley's death kicked off celebrations of Elvis Week earlier this month. The King of Rock and Roll was found dead at his home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977. Despite being dead for almost half a century, his music is still adored to this day by his fans - old and new.
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Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after suffering a fatal heart attack on the toilet upstairs at Graceland when he was just 42. More than his entire lifetime has passed since then, but his nearest and dearest haven't forgotten the star they knew so intimately. For 20 years, Elvis lived with his extended family at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
the “Today” show that she found it hard to watch the unfolding of Presley’s relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.She also said seeing how the singer wanted — but ultimately failed — to take his career beyond music and into “serious” film work was a bitter pill to swallow.“He wanted to do movies, serious movies, and Colonel Parker probably should have stayed a publicist,” she told the outlet. “He didn’t take Elvis where he wanted to be, and that was hard because I lived it.“I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn’t want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things,” she continued.“So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories.”Presley has sung her praises for the film, officially giving her stamp of approval in April.In a Facebook post that month, the “Naked Gun” actress said she saw the movie with her late ex-husband’s longtime pal Jerry Schilling and was impressed by Austin Butler taking on the titular role.“The story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker’s relationship,” Presley wrote.