Afeni Shakur
Age: 69
Summary: mother
of the late rap star Tupac Shakur who was born Alice Faye Williams and
changed her name to Afeni Shakur as an adult when she became a
political activist and joined the Black Panther movement, who was
pregnant with Tupac in 1971 and incarcerated while she and other
Panthers faced conspiracy charges that were later dismissed, who was an
inspiration for her son's music and oversaw his music catalogue and
legacy after his death in 1996 at age 25 (Tupac was a victim of a
drive-by shooting and his murder remains unsolved).
Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
Born: January 10, 1947
Died: May 2, 2016
Location: Sausalito, California
