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Actress and blues singer Shonka Dukureh has died, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said on July 22.

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And I could totally relate to that.

She went on to become an elementary-school teacher and theater actress, radio station WPLN-FMreported.

Dukureh was working on her first studio album,The Lady Sings the Blues, when she died.

Her amazing performance inElvisamongst her other artistry will live on.

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