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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tupac Shakur's Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dies At Age 69


MARIN COUNTY, CA —
The mother of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur, has died at the age of 69. 20 years after the tragic murder of her son, Afeni has passed on less than a week from Mother's Day..

The Marin County Sheriff’s Department in California confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Shakur died late Monday night.

Afeni, opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain in 1997 and resided in the area.
A Tupac Shakur biopic, called '"All Eyez On Me" was being filmed in Atlanta earlier this year. Danai Gurira, from the "Walking Dead" was reportedly playing Afeni in the film.
Details to come.


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