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Mother of hip-hop legend Tupac dead at 69

Posted at 9:20 AM, May 03, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-03 09:26:39-04

(NY Daily News/AOL Network) Afeni Shakur Davis, mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of one of his most iconic songs and who oversaw his posthumous legacy, has died.

She was 69 years old.

Marin County deputies responded to Shakur’s home in Sausalito, Calif., Monday night after she suffered a possible cardiac arrest, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday morning.

She was taken to a local hospital and died just before 10:30 p.m.

Tupac died in 1996 at the age of 25 after a shooting in Las Vegas. 

Courtesy: New York Daily News via AOL Network