July 22, 2022, 11:42 AM UTC“Elvis” actor Shonka Dukureh was found dead Thursday in the Nashville, Tennessee, apartment she shared with her two young children, police said.Dukureh, a blues singer, played Big Mama Thornton in the blockbuster biopic about Elvis Presley's rise to stardom released last month.
“Whenever she was on set, on stage or even just in the room, everyone always felt uplifted. Shonka was just starting to find a larger audience for her tremendous talent, and I got to see her uplift whole crowds of people at Coachella and beyond," Luhrmann continued.
Sad...wait there was a new movie about Elvis. First I heard of it. Was just at the movies seeing Where Crawdads Sing didn't see a Elvis listed. Probably would have came back to see had there been
Omg, this is awful
Got those movies checks & stepped up in class to the China Girl.
Thanks, HawleyMO
Triple vaxxed.
💉💉💉❓❓❓
Curse of Elvis?
TexasLindzay the jab
Horrifying. (And NOW who wants to go see THE ELVIS MOVIE and pretend all's well?)
A good pay check can be deadly in the wrong hands
Sorry what shots?
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