BREAKING: Elvis actress Shonka Dukureh dies aged 44 one month after film debut.
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has said Dukureh was found in the bedroom of her apartment and that no foul play is suspected.
Nashville’s mayor John Cooper led tributes to Dukureh and tweeted: ‘Nashville mayor said: ‘My deepest condolences to the family of Shonka Dukureh. Shonka graduated from @Fisk1866 and called Nashville home for many years. Dukureh will also be remembered for starring in Doja Cat’s recent Vegas music video, in which the actress also played her Big Mama Thornton character, with the song lifted from the Elvis soundtrack.
However, her lasting legacy will no doubt her powerful performance in Elvis, in which she belted out Hound Dog.
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