What Was ‘Elvis’ Star Shonka Dukureh’s Cause of Death?

Shonka previously told Shadow and Act of her role in Elvis, “You know what, it’s all amazing because I know I realize that there were a lot of people who could have played the role, or they had a lot of choices out there that they could have gotten to play the role.”

“I just wanted to want it to pay the right respect to Big Mama Thornton and to do her justice in the film,” she added.

The real Big Mama Thorton died at age 57 in 1954.

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