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| Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, dies at 69 | Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, dies at 69 |
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| Afeni Shakur Davis, Tupac’s mother, has died at the age of 69. | Afeni Shakur Davis, Tupac’s mother, has died at the age of 69. |
| Officers with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a possible cardiac arrest. She was transferred to a local hospital where she died at 10:28pm. | Officers with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a possible cardiac arrest. She was transferred to a local hospital where she died at 10:28pm. |
| The Sheriff’s Coroners Office will lead an investigation to the exact cause of her death. | The Sheriff’s Coroners Office will lead an investigation to the exact cause of her death. |
| She was a highly-influential activist as a member of the Black Panther party. After her 25-year-old son was killed in 1996, Davis took over her son's estate, which makes more than $900,000 a year, TMZ reports. | She was a highly-influential activist as a member of the Black Panther party. After her 25-year-old son was killed in 1996, Davis took over her son's estate, which makes more than $900,000 a year, TMZ reports. |
| She also founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, and co-produced 2014 Broadway musical Holla If Ya Hear Me, which featured her son's music. | She also founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, and co-produced 2014 Broadway musical Holla If Ya Hear Me, which featured her son's music. |
| The killing of her son has gone unsolved, but Davis was more focused on committing herself to her son’s message. | The killing of her son has gone unsolved, but Davis was more focused on committing herself to her son’s message. |
| “Not a second. Not even a nanosecond have I concerned myself with who shot him or why they shot him, or what should happen to them,” Davis told CBS News in 2003. “I don't care what happens to them. I spend my time putting my sons work out, because guess what — they shot him, but did not shut him up though.” | |
| This story will be updated as more information becomes available. | This story will be updated as more information becomes available. |