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Singer-actress

Shonka Dukureh

, who played

Big Mama Thornton

in this year's movie

Elvis

, was found dead

in her apartment bedroom

, Nashville Police said in a statement

with no apparent signs of violence.

The 44-year-old actress was

found unconscious by one of her two young children

with whom she lived in her Kothe Way apartment.

The boy ran to ask for help from a neighbor who, in turn, called the Emergency Department without being able to do anything to save his life.

The results of the

autopsy

that will be carried out to determine the causes of Shonka Dukureh's death are awaited.

Shonka Dukureh's role as

Thornton

, an R&B singer who was the first artist to record the song

Hound Dog,

later made famous by Elvis Presley, was her first major movie appearance, CNN reports.

He appears on the Elvis

soundtrack

and in the music video for the song

Vegas

by Doja Cat, also from the film's soundtrack.

Additionally, Shonka Dukureh performed with Doja Cat during the Coachella music festival in April.

"Gratitude is where I live because my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mom, my family modeled and instilled in me. It is not a stance of doing less than or scraping the crumbs, but it recognizes that good things are not a guarantee and when we find them, gratitude, gratitude is the least we can express," he said in an interview he shared on his Instagram account.

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