Afeni
Shakur, mother of
Tupac, dies at age 69
Afeni
Shakur, the activist
mother of legendary rapper
Tupac, has died. She was 69.
Shakur reportedly passed on Monday night in her **rthern California home in Sausalito, due to possible cardiac arrest — according to the Marin County Sheriff's department, which tweeted the news out. They responded to a 911 call at 9:34 p.m. local time and took her to the hospital. She was later pro**unced dead at 10:28 p.m.
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Shakur was born Alice Faye Williams, but changed her name after joining the Black Panthers in the 1960s. She and fellow BP members were later*
arrested on charges of plotting to blow up department stores and police stations. The charges were eventually dropped, and Shakur gave birth to a son, Tupac Amaru, just
one month after being released from prison.
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