Elvis actor Shonka Dukureh dies one month after big screen debut
by Sian Cain and Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#61P0B)
The 44-year-old singer, who portrayed Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann's latest film, was found unresponsive in her Nashville home
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 bedroom at her home in Nashville, which she shared with her two young children, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
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